10 great rules for writing I saw a great piece the other day on rules for writing. Instead of glossy and superficial rules that make no sense, such as “avoiding using adverbs” and “not starting a sentence with a conjunction”, … Read More
What are the rules about capitalisation? You’ve written a novel in which one of the characters is generally known by a nickname, rather than any normal given name. Perhaps it’s a female character who manufactures love potions, and she’s known … Read More
Must dash! Before I became an editor, I had only vaguely noticed that some dashes were longer than others. I thought it was perhaps a particular type of font, or just that some publishers liked longer lines and some liked … Read More
The topic of filter words came up in conversation with an author recently. What are filter words? Are they a bad thing? Point of View It’s a question of Point of View (PoV). Modern writers are generally encouraged to write … Read More
One of the issues that comes up most frequently when I’m looking at fiction is point of view, or POV. I’m going to go through in some detail about each different POV and its characteristics in future posts, when perhaps … Read More