by Cheri Lasota | Mar 9, 2010 | Grammar Vault, Schnauzer Strikes Again!, Writing Life Vault
Hello, Stirling Readers, Today we’re going to talk about creative dialogue between your characters, or, how to avoid the “talking head” syndrome. It’s a common problem, especially for beginning writers, and it’s definitely one of those things a good editor can show...
by Cheri Lasota | Sep 8, 2008 | Grammar Vault
By Charity Hogge of Mighty Pen Editing You already know them by reputation: Adverbs are bad news. Adverbs are second-class-citizen words. Use more than one adverb per page, and you’ll go blind. Sound familiar? Well, I’m here to tell you how adverbs saved...