Tag: #fiction writer

• Say it Like This – Fiction Character Names

  

  Reading an article about a charity that helped families in Honduras with sustainable farming, I noted that the author devoted precious word count to provide the correct pronunciation of one of the men’s names. His name is Nortie pronounced – “Nor-ti-a” . That got me thinking. Considering that it was a printed article and not…

  CGraith

  June 18, 2021

  writing

  #fiction writer, #writing better, naming fiction characters, unusual spelling

• Who is Ed? – Lessons from the Comics

  

  It matters how something is said. We all know that. But it also matters how something is thought to be said. Our lesson from the Comics today is from “Pickles”by Brian Crane. The cartoon is of retired couple Opal and Earl. A recent episode featured Earl jealous of a text he sees on her phone…

  CGraith

  May 5, 2021

  writing, Writing Lessons From a Comic Strip

  #fiction writer, #writing better, comma placement, commas, Pickles, word choice, writing

• He Did What? – characters running the show

  

  Once I wrote a novel called, “Lilies in the Spring”. It is about a brother and sister, fifteen years apart in age. The parents die in a car crash and the brother must raise his thirteen year old sister. The story started with the brother’s childhood before the sister was born. He was an independent…

  CGraith

  April 8, 2021

  writing

  #fiction writer, creating characters, keep it real, writing, writing help