Diction: Choosing the Right Word for Your Character

Diction: Choosing the Right Word for Your Character

What Diction Is Diction for fiction is the style of writing determined by a writer’s word choices. Words should suit the story’s environment, be appropriate to the writer’s audience, and have meanings understood by readers. Why Diction Is Important The wrong word can...
10 Devices to Increase Your Story’s Pace

10 Devices to Increase Your Story’s Pace

“Pacing is a tool that controls the speed and rhythm at which a story is told and the readers are pulled through the story events.” —Jessica Page MorrellWe’d wince at these comments in reviews:Too much description and explaining bogged down the...

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