by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 21, 2019 | Writing
image by Fotorech I finished reading Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days. I have AND will highly recommend it to anyone who dabbles in fiction. It’s one of the best “how to” books I’ve ever read. —Marsha Hubler, Director Montrose Christian Writers...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 17, 2019 | Writing
image by OpenClipart-Vectors I finished reading Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days. I have AND will highly recommend it to anyone who dabbles in fiction. It’s one of the best “how to” books I’ve ever read. —Marsha Hubler, Director Montrose Christian...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 5, 2019 | Writing
image by garethV Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days is designed to shape a not-yet submitted, rejected, or self-published manuscript with low ratings into a book that shines. The method can also be a guiding resource for writers starting a manuscript. See...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 4, 2019 | Writing
image by SarahRichterArt Welcome again editor Vie Herlocker in her two-part series on showing versus telling. Learn more about Vie at the end of her post. Here’s Vie: New writers often ask me what showing instead of telling means. In my search for resources to...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 8, 2016 | Writing
Whether you write in first, second, or third person, you can increase intimacy between reader and character by writing in deep point of view* (DPOV). Tip 1: In DPOV, we see, smell, hear, feel, and taste only what the POV character (POVC) senses. We’re privy to only...