Being a sometime dive down the rabbit hole of the craft and business of writing. According to Betty Smith in Joy in the Morning, dialogue in literature serves three functions. It should and Good dialogue has two of these elements, she says. Great dialogue has all three. I’m happy if my dialogue hits any two…
Change, growing from within and forced from without, is the mainspring of character development.—Rita Mae Brown Anticipation is the sweet pain to know whatever’s next–a must for every real writer.—Richard Ford If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you’ll abort it if you…
Change, growing from within and forced from without, is the mainspring of character development.—Rita Mae Brown Anticipation is the sweet pain to know whatever’s next–a must for every real writer.—Richard Ford If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you’ll abort it if you…
