Wordplay and Witticisms: Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. —Mark Twain
Congratulations to the contest winner over at
Armchair Heroines:
Bethre! Head over to AH tomorrow to hear the first installment of a progressive interview with Daughters of the Glen series author, Melissa Mayhue!
Tuesday Ten: Why I Love to Write...1. Great Characters - men, women, children, animals...I love to get inside their heads!
2. Snappy Dialogue
3. Settings - from the exotic to the everyday
4. Plot twists
5. Character flaws and eccentricities - nobody's perfect!
6. Eliciting emotion from my reader - laughter, tears, blinding anger...bring it!
7. Finding new ways to describe everyday things
8. The feel of flying fingers along the keyboard when I'm on a roll
9. Finding the perfect word to convey exactly what I'm trying to say
10. My favorite: leaving the reader with a renewed sense of awe and wonder, a strengthened belief in love, happy endings and the presence of good in the world!
What are your favorite things about writing? What keeps bringing you back to that chair?
