Treat Readers With Respect - Beth Hill

Hey, my fellow readers :)

Just a quick post today, as I'm about go do a workout as i'm pushing hard with my exercise regime (I've lost 25lbs to date :) and more important - cracking on with my book :)

As i've said many times before - love getting writing tips in my email and today I have two more to share with you from Beth Hill via her blog page http://theeditorsblog.net/

Todays insight to this whole writing lark are these two wonderful posts from Beth.

Treat Readers With Respect   and    Is Your Storytelling Unbalanced.

These are great for us budding writers to keep our book on track and page turners :)

Well, I'm off to hash out details of the next chapter in my book, while I workout on my elliptical.

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Great Words Of Advice For Budding And Seasoned Writers

I love getting emails that help me progress or give me the, pull-your-socks-up-and-write-better, look!

Last week I made progress with my book, then school started back and so did  walking my daughter back and forth to 4K and my hubby was back at college too. So, there went my blocks of time to write - boohoo!

But, they say to write we must read and sometimes getting these emails, give me the boost and insight that I need. Maybe they can help you too :) Enjoy.

These articles are all from Beth Hill at http://theeditorsblog.net/

http://theeditorsblog.net/2015/03/13/writing-novels-vs-telling-tales/

http://theeditorsblog.net/2015/04/08/writing-advice-what-about-ing-words-part-four/

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Don't Explain, Don't Explain, Don't Explain

As you all know I get wonderful, insightful and mind probing emails about writing or how to.

And this week I have got a couple of good ones I'd love to share with you all.

The first is from  Fiction Editor, Beth  Hill and it's titled, Don't Explain, Don't Explain, Don't Explain.

A wonderful piece of writing and great tips on what we should and shouldn't explain. That whole premise of Show and Tell for us fully fledged authors or like me - budding ones. 

I love this little saying: Readers are smart. They don’t need what amounts to author notes in order to follow the path of a fictional story.

Readers understand cause and effect, action and reaction. They know that emotions and honor and reputation, demand responses from characters. They know that characters, like living people, respond when something unusual or unnerving or wild happens right in front of them.

Readers don’t need to have reasons for character behavior laid out with because and so that phrases. They simply need to follow the cause-and-effect events that you’ve logically laid out.

The second article, albeit small speaks volumes. It's written by a favorite blogger with WD, Brian Klems and this is his short but sweet insight as to, How long should Novel chapters be? I think Brian has nailed it with his words - and I second that, go with our gut. 

I hope you enjoy reading these articles as much as I have, and now enough procrastinating for me, I must get back to actually working on my book!

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How Much Back Story, Should I Include?

I've been busy the past few weeks, not with making crafts or baking but with writing.

I recently finished the Mastering Dialogue Course via creative-writing-now.com, 

Which, may I add is a wonderful place for budding and even accomplished writers.

I still have a way to go with my novel, however, of late, I have wondered about, backstory and how much and where should I use it my story. Which led me to some wonderful articles on the matter. After reading the articles, they validated what my gut and head said. Less is more and scatter your backstory in small increments within the dialogue, presumably earlier than later in your book. 

Nobody wants major backstory in that last 50-100 pages of your novel. That is where the reader, is wanting all those linger thoughts and presumptions on whether the protagonist falls in love or they die or you end up buying the second in the trilogy to find out what happens.

With that in mind, I am going to crack on with my writing. However, before I dash off, I'd like to share what these Authors had to say on that subject of, backstory.

All of which are enlightening and hopefully will help you with your writing.

The first is by Beth Hill, both writer and editor

How much backstory should I include?

The second is by Rachel Morgan, she is a published Author on Amazon

The Importance of Backstory.

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