Style, Syntax & Tone--Creating a Memorable Voice

Character in Fiction: A Set of Approaches

In Defense of The Writing Workshop

When Lightning Strikes
The other morning I was standing in the shower, water running between my eyes, when suddenly it happened: The right words arrived. I had been trying to write something, you see, and the words just hadn't been coming. Then, suddenly, there they were. The right tone, the perfect syntax, a

First or Third?--And How To Decide
In my teaching I have found that fiction writers often have trouble deciding whether to use the first person or the third person. This is especially the case when the material is autobiographical in nature. I usually find that a writer simply uses "whatever feels most comfortable,"

Kim's Craft Blog Has a Birthday!
That first post still shows up on my Blogger dashboard, with the date of 10/16/08. Exactly one year ago this past Friday, the day I began writing Kim's Craft Blog. It's hard to remember exactly what was going through my mind at that point. What did I think I was doing? I remember having

iPhone: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Mall (And Why Writers Need to Worry About The New Generation o
My sole task last Wednesday morning was to buy myself a pair of pants at the mall. I generally avoid malls because they tend to give me a rash. However, I am also five-feet-two-inches tall soaking wet, and I was in need of some new jeans. And there was a store at a mall half-an-hour awa

What Is Omniscience (In Fiction Writing)?
The word "omniscience" is one of those terms of art that gets thrown around a lot in writing classes, with very little understanding. Since we are doing point of view this week in my Fiction Craft Workshop at the Cambridge Center, I thought I would wri