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Category Archives: Editing Your Work
New MB Weston’s Corner Video: Show, Don’t Tell Using Action!
This is part 2 of a 4 part series on Show, Don’t Tell. Today, we discuss using action to help turn scenes that only “tell” into scenes that show. Some concepts are repeated a bit from last time because I’m … 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
Working With Editors: Eliminate Forms of “To Be” & “Had”
I’m currently working on the corrections my horror/thriller short story, “Blue Lights,” which will appear in an anthology edited by John Hartness. I figured I would write a few posts about some of the things I’m working on during the editing … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, The World of Writing, Voice, Technique, & Style
Tagged editing, editor, horror, Passive voice, thriller, writing
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Working with Editors: Send in Your Best Work
About a year ago, I submitted a short story for a yet-to-be-titled anthology edited by one of my friends, author John Hartness. Hartness co-edited The Big Bad 2, which featured my story “The Witch Hunter“, so we have collaborated before. … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/14/15
Ah the joys of the second draft. During yesterday’s writing sessions, I discovered that Chapter 4 was 20 pages long and 5,000 words. A lot of it was dialogue. Yeah, that’s not going to work in a pulp novel… The … Continue reading
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Tagged action, dialogue, Plot, writing
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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/07/15
In the rough draft, dialogue is not my friend. Generally, my characters overstate the obvious, say things in long, awkward, complete sentences that no one actually says, and generally talk too much–especially in battle or fighting. Basically, they talk like … Continue reading
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Tagged dialog, writing
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M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: on Muses, Weapons & Continuity – 02/23/15
Amazing things have happened in last night’s writing session. First, the muse has finally decided to actually feed me ideas while I’m seated at my computer instead of throwing me random bits here in there when I can’t jot any … Continue reading
Writing & Editing: Find & Correct Common Grammar Mistakes
No matter how often we try to avoid it, we all make a few subtle grammatical errors when we write. Some of them occur when we type the wrong word. Others are born from listening to incorrect grammar on TV … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, The World of Writing, The Writing Process
Tagged angel, author, editing, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Cheesy Cliches
Eliminating cheesy cliches is easier said than done. We writers are busy as bees trying to write our stories, and words cannot express how easy it is to close up shop at the end of the day and ignore the … Continue reading
Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Undescriptive, Empty Words
Word are a writer’s currency, and we must use them judiciously. Words that serve no real purpose except to fill space because they sound good are a waste of our word count and our readers’ time. Remember that the reader … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, The World of Writing, The Writing Process
Tagged angel, author, editing, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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