Category A-Z blogging challenge

Sin #17: Ignoring the dramatic arc Dramatic structure crops up in all works of fiction. The structure of any story will follow a rough outline, or pyramid in this case. This outline device has been analysed to death over the…

Sin #16: Unanswered questions Plot, just like real life, is complicated at best. There is no such thing as a simple plot, and if there is…yeesh what a boring book that must be! Even Spot books like to throw a…

Sin #15: You said that she said that I said that he… First, second, third? Third person limited, objective, omniscient or subjective? Alternating POV? And that’s before you even write the first word! Which POV of view to use is…

Sin #14: Words for words that you use/like more than other words for words Onomatomania is the desire to use particular words over and over again. Words that stick in the authors mind for one reason or another. They may…

Sin #13: What’s in a name? “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose.By any other name would smell as sweet.” Yeah, that may be true for roses Juliet but most writers think a character by any other…

Sin #12: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Ma•crol•o•gy n. Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words. As writers we have lots to say. Fair enough, but don’t try and put it all in one story! I…

Sin#11: Say what now? Ayup theear, ‘a’s teur bin? Ariite thuz, y’alright? Aareet thor, y’aareet? Well I ne’ah! Hoh spiffing it is to see you, one’s old bean, hoe the deevil aaaare you, one’s old bean? Heavens above! How smashing!…

Sin#10: Not murdering your darlings This is going to be a hard post. I’m writing without pause and I’m not going to go back and edit any part of it. Well, I will run it through a spell check and…

Sin#9: Another word for… Who doesn’t like a bit of argot*? Maybe it will spice up your novel, lend it a sense of credibility. Or maybe it will acerbate* readers and make you look magniloquent* and vainglorious*. Jargon can soon…