Eclectic writer

There is one trick to getting the research material you feel the reader needs to know to make the story clear. Use some kindof emotion to pi...

 Plot is the glue that holds a story together. While most popular fiction has a plot that drives the story from beginning to end, literary s...

 Sometimes the author has a pet peeve or some cause they belived it and in their story, they take time to air these views. What was to be fi...

 You have all that lovely information you've researched. You have created a new world with many customs. How do you inform the reader of...

  What do you do when there is a lot of information you want to give to the reader? You could do pages of exposition. This might work but us...

Now we come to the writer and look at when it's enough or too much. You've developed this world and you're enamoured of what you...

 I don't think I've ever written a book whether contemporary, historical based or fantasy without doing a little research. Sometimes...

 When you're writing, one warning you always hear is show don't tell. Is this always the case. There is a time to tell and that is d...

 We all know the best stories are told through the eyes of characters. There can be an overbiew type used but this often distances the reade...

 The time has come to begin your story. You've gone through the four ways to explore your idea and you know you have a story but now wha...

Just what is exposition? Exposition equals information the reader needs to know to identify with the characters, the setting and the plot. ...

Exposition is all about giving information. Often this involves backstory. You need to know how much to tell and how. Exposition is also us...

Jut what is exposition? The purpose is to inform the reader of things they need to know to understand the characters and the story. This is...