by Laura Drake Okay, I admit it. I’m prejudiced against dialogue tags. Yes, I know they say, ‘He said/she said’ are invisible to the reader. They’re not to me. Even if you don’t share my pet …| Writers In The Storm Blog
Past tenses are usually used for a memoir. But present tense is also possible. Here are some tips on how to use it in your writing.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
Maintaining good tense control is a writing skill new writers need to develop and master, for essays, business, blog, or fiction writing.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
Past perfect tense describes an action older than another past action. We use it to order events and often use the words before and after.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
Some bestselling books are using so many adverbs that it must make Stephen King wince, acutely. So what's an adverb and what is the problem?| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
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Learn how to use reported speech in your dialogue writing. You need to know the difference between direct and indirect speech in dialogue.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
When you check dialogue writing, there are so many elements you need to get right. But checking consistency is one of the biggest challenges.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
Dialogue punctuation is easy if you follow a few basic rules. The most important one is to keep your punctuation inside the quotation marks.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors
If you are new to writing fiction, you may not know that you can use active dialogue or reported speech to improve the pacing of your story.| Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors