Comments on: 4 Writing Crutches that Insult the Reader’s Intelligence

By: Fiction Friday: 7 Vampires that Suck the Life’s Blood from your Writing « Lisa Voisin

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:22:35 +0000

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By: C J Ragsdale

C J Ragsdale — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:37:23 +0000

Oh, I LOVE this, so helpful. I haven’t had a lot of writing courses so I need all the help I can get. I had heard of most of these, but I have to admit I am guilty of too many elipses…

By: raghubir negi

raghubir negi — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:11:03 +0000

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By: Storm Rider

Storm Rider — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:16:15 +0000

Great tips! Thank you. : )

Cheers,
Vineet

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Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:18:58 +0000

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By: The Meandering Matriarch

The Meandering Matriarch — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:25:47 +0000

This hit the mark. Notice I didn’t say “This flew directly to the waiting heart of the critical target…”

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By: chris conley

chris conley — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:22:16 +0000

Thank you for this. This helps a lot and makes a lot of sense.

By: Alastair Rosie

Alastair Rosie — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:26:10 +0000

Here’s a question. I’m currently editing my next novel The Deepening Dark, which has elves in who can communicate with mental telepathy as well as orally of course. Now I’ve always put thoughts, inner monologue or in this case, mental telepathy in italics to distinguish between mental and verbal communication. I find it marks the transition clearly, especially when elves mix mind talk with verbal talk. What’s your opinion?

By: sarahnsh

sarahnsh — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:31:44 +0000

I think the “Show, don’t tell” gets beaten over our head a lot because, just like you said, it’s just so much easier to tell people what’s going on then showing it. I hate it when an author likes to tell over and over again that the main character is beautiful, especially if it’s a woman. I read a book recently where basically every other paragraph was describing her looks and how everyone wanted her.