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Category Archives: Description
New M. B. Weston’s Corner Video: Show, Don’t Tell Using Description & Sensory Details
This is the final segment of a four-part series I’m doing on my YouTube Channel about “show, don’t tell.” Today, we’re discussing how to use description and sensory details to show instead of tell. Make your reader experience your story … Continue reading
Writing: Using Clothing to Develop Character
When it comes to clothing, society wants it both ways. We say “Clothes make the man,” and pay close attention to every article of clothing the rich and famous don on Instagram. Likewise, we say “don’t judge a book by … Continue reading
M. B Weston’s Corner: Show, Don’t Tell – Part 1
I’m not an actress. I’m just an idiot with an iPad being goofy and having fun talking about writing. In my first real “M. B. Weston’s Corner” video, I discuss “Show, Don’t Tell” for writers. This week’s focus is on … Continue reading
Writing: Can Your Readers See The Light?
No, seriously. Have you included lighting in your story? Autumn has settled in. Our days continue to shorten, and this always makes me remember the importance of light (and lack thereof). When I walk down the street in the day, … Continue reading
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On Writing: Weather’s Effect on Your Characters
Hurricane Irma left 94 percent of Naples, Florida without power. It also left them with windless, mucky days and horrendous humidity. As I scrolled through my Facebook feed throughout the two weeks after Irma, I noticed an immediate difference in … Continue reading
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When Disaster Strikes: What Writers Can Glean From Harvey, Irma & Maria
To keep a healthy perspective on my problems, I often tell myself, “You’re doing just fine if you can drink the tap water without getting sick.” For the past ten days, my neighbors in Naples, Florida haven’t had that luxury. … Continue reading
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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 09/02/15 – Observing Life’s Details Can Improve Your Writing
Observing even the smallest details that surround you in life can help add color and spice to your writing. I haven’t done one of these in a while, and I’m trying to start back up. If you have ever attended … Continue reading
Writing: Using Sensory Details to Enhance or Alter the Mood of a Scene
As part of my writing process, I mentally enter each scene and imagine how my characters are experiencing it through each of their five senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch). I then weave the description into the prose (without … Continue reading
Change Your Telling into Showing: A Tiny Example of Show, Don’t Tell
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m working on edits for a short story due in by April 30th–egads, that’s tonight!–for the Thunder on the Battlefield sword and sorcery anthology being put out by Seventh Star Press. I ran across a section … Continue reading
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