Tips, Tricks

Why is it so hard to have confidence in your writing? We, as writers, have to think and speak confidence in ourselves . . . and believe it or we’ll believe any old thing that Satan puts in our heads!

Isn’t it horrible when you think up a brilliant piece of dialogue or scene and then have it disappear before you can use it in a story? Try to write down those pieces of brilliance as soon as you can if doing so will help you preserve it. For some, writing it down can kill the brilliance. It just depends on the kind of writer you are.

Grammar is not your enemy. It helps people understand what you have to say. If you don’t follow proper grammar, people get can get confused and not understand what you are trying to say. Besides, it’s fun to break those grammar rules to make a point. If you follow proper grammar for most of your story and break a rule on purpose, then people are more likely to get your point and think you’re brilliant