by Jill Williamson | Dec 13, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonIn case you haven’t noticed, it’s almost Christmas! I love Christmas. I wanted a Christmas wedding. I wanted to carry a bouquet of poinsettias, I wanted a Christmas tree where people could put the wedding gifts, I wanted hooded...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 11, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonBackstory and exposition are tricky things to handle in fiction. You’ve all likely heard the cautions against both, but it’s practically impossible to write a story without including some. Your characters’ lives are...
by Jill Williamson | Dec 7, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonIt’s time for another episode of Punctuation 101, where we talk about something that seems super boring but will really help you out as a writer more than you care to admit. Are you ready?Today’s...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 30, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonIn her book, Getting into Character, Brandilyn Collins has a chapter on what she calls emotional memory. This concept will help you learn to write emotions for your character that you’ve never actually experienced by using a combination of...
by Jill Williamson | Nov 27, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonLike it or not, formulas can work very well. The trick is to know how to twist the plot so that the formula’s cliché isn’t recognizable. That’s not the case with the children’s cartoon Dora the Explorer. My kids both loved watching...
