by Joni M Fisher | Jan 31, 2025 | Writing Tips
It has always been true that avid readers become better writers than their non-reading peers. Readers unknowingly gain an innate understanding of storytelling, a flourishing vocabulary, and vast knowledge about topics beyond their personal experience. As a published...
by Joni M Fisher | Jan 15, 2025 | Writing Tips
Dialogue without conflict is talking heads. There, I’ve got it out in the open. In commercial, or genre fiction, dialogue makes up half of the novel with narration as the other half. This is why learning to craft great dialogue matters. Inexperienced writers tend to...
by Joni M Fisher | Jan 13, 2025 | Writing Tips
People recognize terrible dialogue when they hear it in movies, or on television or read it in books. It comes off wooden, robotic, confusing, lecturing, boring, or in some way artificial sounding. Examples abound in B-grade movies, comic books, soap operas, and...
by Joni M Fisher | Jan 6, 2025 | Writing Tips
Remember the last time you read dialogue, and it didn’t sound genuine? Something was off, odd, or not quite believable. Perhaps the wording did not suit the character. For example, unless a man is a decorator, painter, or artist, he won’t point to a color and call it...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
This is the time to master the narrow focus of your topic. Become more of an expert than you were. Research should uncover things that surprise you if you dig deep enough. Nail down the facts, look for experts, and read what they have published. Hunt for the details...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 27, 2024 | Writing Tips
Before you contact any person for an interview, research that person. Get to know the facts on that person before you approach him, before you mention the magazine you’re writing for. Who are his equals and rivals? Does he like or hate the media? Research the...