Words With Wings
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
by John Bowers
No matter what genre you prefer, the best novels (unless they are comedies) have one thing in common: drama.
To write drama, you must be dramatic. To be dramatic, you must use exactly the right words, every time. As I said in my last article, anyone can string subjects and verbs together, but to be remembered, your writing must be memorable. Nothing is more memorable (in my opinion, anyway) than drama.
The Right Words
I have two favorite kinds of drama: personal relationships and action. Today we’ll talk about action, since it’s the easier of the two and easily the most fun to write. (more…)
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