Posts Tagged ‘Shonell Bacon’

Writing Your Synopsis by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Dec 12th, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

The synopsis is not a tool for you; it’s a tool for an agent or an editor, for someone you hope will like your story idea enough to want to read the whole manuscript and will want to BUY it.



Finding an Editor for Your Literary Baby by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Nov 1st, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Editors, and I’m speaking from my own experience, clean up errors and make a lot of suggestions. If I see a hole in the plot, I state where I see it and make suggestions on how to fix it.



Modifiers by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Use modifiers that are strong. “Pretty” is not a strong adjective. It doesn’t convey much, and if your purpose is to add detail and visuals to your story, you have done yourself a disservice in using it. Same goes for words like “little,” “very,” and even “good” and “bad”; they are too general and do nothing to add to your story.



Punctuation by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Aug 2nd, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

We all know that words and how we manipulate them are the backbone to writing a good story, but what helps the reader to understand everything we write is the punctuation we use with those words.



Capitalization by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Some of these will sound SO obvious, but having been an editor for the last seven years, I can tell you…writers (including myself) often miss the most obvious of mistakes while rereading and revising their work.



Voice: Active and Passive by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • May 31st, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Overall, active voice is preferred over passive voice because active voice shows immediacy, action. However, this isn’t to say you should never use passive voice.



Words by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • May 4th, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Yes, dialogue, characters, plot, conflict, etc. are important components, but without the WORDS to develop these things, you just have a really good idea.



Writing Dialogue by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

There are a lot of important tools needed to develop a good story. One of the most important tools you need as a writer is DIALOGUE. With great dialogue, a story can have depth; with weak dialogue, a story can fall flat.



Point-of-View by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

Some people have made a distinction between third-person omniscient and third-person universal omniscient. In universal omniscient, not only does the narrator know everything about all characters, but also he/she knows what the characters DON’T know.



Camping Vs. Marching by Shonell Bacon

By APOOO • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: The Write Life for You

HAPPY NEW YEAR, PEOPLE! I hope you’ve brought your Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) to the table because in the ’09, I want all writers – new and old – to bring their best game and goals to the writing table. Let’s get it done!