During our Open Chat nights we touch on random Writerly things. If you have a question, come in and ask. If you have news, share it. If you have discovered something helpful, we want to know.
Time after time after time a writer hears the words, "Show, Don't Tell."
We touch things everyday. We feel the tiny springs responding under our fingers at the keyboard. If you sweep your hand across spring green grass as you smooth out the picnic blanket you know in August the same grass will be stiff, dry and a bit crunch under your legs as you settle in.
We have handy words to describe the things we touch. Some words are -- smoothe, slick, wet, bumpy, rough, hot, cold, sticky and sharp. There are many more words and some of them can haunt the reader, repulse the reader or make her relax in her chair with memories you brought to mind.
The problem with touch is that touch conversation can quickly become an emotional discussion about feelings.
The following links lead back to websites using the topic of touch.
If you're writing a novel and wondering whether you need to research it, the answer is generally yes.
Setting, characters, plot details, historical influences, even genre and craft – all these elements and more can be researched to strengthen your knowledge and flesh out your book.
So how exactly should you approach the research process?
Join us Sunday June 9th at 7PM EDT
Spy Fiction
Summertime seems as good a time as any to do a little dropping at eaves..
I don't know a lot about the Spy Genre outside of both pf The Manchurian Candidate movies.
Learn with me or help me through it. Let's talk Spy.
Spy fiction is a sub-genre of mysteries and thrillers. For a novel to be considered spy fiction, some form of espionage must be present in the plot. This can include one person as a spy, or a whole agency of spies. Spy fiction can be set in the present day, past, and future. When spy fictions are written for teens, the protagonist or protagonists are often inexperienced and considered amateur sleuths.
Drop by the chat room in a little bit and we will chat.
I am working on having Noel Hynd a previous Celebrity Sunday Guest in the near future. I feel like I just dropped a name.
