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 | Jun 27, 2019 | Writing
image by Lilawind It’s my pleasure to introduce editor Vie Herlocker, my guest today while I’m on a writing sabbatical. Please learn more about Vie after her post. Here’s Vie: Often during an edit, I’ll type the time-worn words, “Show, don’t tell.”...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 5, 2018 | Writing
We authors have a few tricks at our disposal to tell characters’ feelings. These techniques are fast and easy. They get the job done … or do they? The question is what job gets done and for whom? Job done for author. The author can approach his deadline quicker, keep...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 8, 2018 | Writing
Last week, I wrote examples of showing love using behaviors from The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes (Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi). So, this week I give examples of characters exhibiting character flaws. I’ve used The Negative...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 13, 2017 | Writing
What Imagery Is Imagery is one of the strongest literary devices. A writer uses words and phrases to fashion mental images for readers. Imagery helps the reader to visualize more realistically objects, actions, and ideas. Imagery’s descriptive words can also involve...
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