Five Weak Words that Make Your Writing Less Effective

Five Weak Words that Make Your Writing Less Effective by Jeff Goins http://goinswriter.com/weak-words/ I just read this article on his blog and it was a great article.  It identifies words that make your work weak and tells you why.  I must admit that I have used these words before.  Who hasn’t?  But, I plan to…

Writing a deeper Dialog scene

There is a great website called Screenwriting University.  They have tons of free seminars and online help for writers in general, not just screen writers. Today on their Facebook page they posted a link to a new segment called How to writer a deeper scene, even if it is talking heads.  by Hal Croasman. It is a…

3 Great Self Editing Websites

So as I am on the latest draft of my book Dead Awakenings.  I am focusing solely on the editing factor this time.  My great friend and fellow author Darin Calhoun, has turned me onto three websites that I find to be extremely helpful in editing. 1) Grammarly.com Grammarly has been a wonderful and in depth website that has…

7 Ways to Use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel Them In

In my world scientists come in only one variety.  Mad.  As I think of a scientist, I think of a man with crazy red hair and a white lab coat, pouring bubbling mixtures from beaker to beaker waiting for color changes and eventual explosions.  Yup!  That’s me. (insert evil cackle) However, This was a very…