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Anonymous asked: Hi, I really love your blog its so helpful but I need some advice on how to make a chapter more “chunky”. I’m not yet sure if its a bad thing but the chapter I’ve been writing is the first chapter in this new novel I’ve started but the problem is it feel like I’m skipping a...

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Hi! I love your blog and helped me a lot! I’m actualy block because I can’t describe well the places and the character voice, body and face expresions and I’d like be more descriptive with the clothes of my characters. - Anonymous

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Dialogue Should Move the Story Forward, Provide Information, or Enhance Characterization, Unless You’re Really Witty The best dialogue can do all three. This is a rule that’s often broken by great writers, but before you can get away with breaking it, you have to understand why it exists. Recently, I reread one of my first stories. I thought it would be fun to reread, but I was disappointed in much of the dialogue. In the middle of a scene, my heroine Mildred and the housekeeper broke into an exchange about what my heroine wanted for dinner. I think they were the only two people in the world who cared about it. Readers never even got to see them eat this dinner, and the exchange had no point. It didn’t advance the plot, and it told us nothing about Mildred except that she hated sour beef and dumplings. But let’s say you’re writing a romantic mystery where several people are poisoned by arsenic in the sour beef and dumplings. Suddenly that exchange becomes crucial because the reader knows Mildred was spared because she didn’t like the dish — does this mean the killer poisoned that dish because he didn’t want her to die? Or let’s say the point of the scene is that Mildred’s late father is a famous chef whose specialty was sour beef and dumplings, and Mildred confesses that no longer eats this dish because it brings back too many memories. Now the scene tells us something about Mildred’s personality, not just about her food intake. It wouldn’t take much work to use this exchange to move the plot forward while telling us something about Mildred and sharing the information about the food she likes. Are you a witty author? Are you sure? If so, then you can get away with writing dialogue that doesn’t advance the plot, doesn’t tell us anything about the character, and doesn’t provide information to the reader. But even if you can get away with it, why should you do this? Even the most sparkling dialogue won’t help your story if it’s completely empty of anything but wit.

Anne Marble, Writing Romantic Dialogue (via cleverhelp)

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Thy beauty is beyond all earth’s compare; Pray tell me, lover mine, what dost thou wear?

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I love to get inside the head of realistic characters when I read. Even when watching movies I have a habit of wanting the character to mess up or get hurt while trying. I’m messed up I know, but if the character can achieve their goal without problem then they’re really dull to watch. So I’ve written some tips on creating realistic and interesting characters. However, there is no perfect ‘formula’ and each writer goes about it differently. This is just how I do and I thought you guys might find it helpful so here we go:

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I know we talk about dialogue and actions a lot, but how do you deal with writing your character’s internal dialogue? There are many ways to do it, but using he thought or she thought over and over again can get boring. The main goal is to avoid disrupting the flow of the story while also...

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Character Development: Quiet POV Character

gothgleek asked: Hi! First off, I love your blog and because I was having trouble writing I was wondering if you could help me? Thank you. I writing this story which I plan on being four stories. Each story will be in different points of views. I plan for the second story to be in the female’s P.O.V. I’m not sure if people will read because the girl doesn’t talk very much and watches things from a distance while her male friend is more loud. How do I make her intriguing? Thank you.

Even if she doesn’t have anything to say, explore how she feels and what she thinks about what is being said. You can also have her “speak” through her actions. And, having little to say shouldn’t interfere with other character development staples, such as character arc, personality, likes and dislikes, hopes and dreams, fears and joys. Just make sure you develop her as fully as you would any other character. And also, thanks for the compliment! :)

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Description: Eye Color

oh-i-m-his-fiancee asked: would you happen to know a successful way to describe the color brown, other than chocolate? I mean, when it comes to eye color, seeing that most descriptions are generally about how ocean blue said character’s eyes are.

Check out this super handy list of eye colors at Obsidian Bookshelf. There’s also a link there to her article about describing eyes.

When Bunny says...

5:17 PM

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What Bunny says...

a graduation party

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Who Bunny says...

a graduate

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Why Bunny says...

an unhappy family relationship