by Joni M Fisher | Jul 14, 2019 | Writing Tips
We’ve all slogged through novels with boring, predictable, or chit-chat dialogue. In many genres, dialogue makes up half of the novel, so dialogue can make or break your bond with readers. You can learn how to craft purposeful, quotable dialogue, by discovering and...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 23, 2017 | Writing Tips
With 1 million books are published each year, how do readers find books by new authors like me? Discoverability. They can’t find what they can’t see. Word of mouth is always the best form of advertising. And may God bless my enthusiastic readers for...
by Joni M Fisher | Jun 11, 2017 | Writing Tips
Having wrestled with scene cards, cork boards, Post-It Notes, and other tools to organize a story, I found one that works for me. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a plotter and a visual learner. Partly this storyboard concept comes from the four-act structure,...
by Joni M Fisher | Jun 12, 2016 | Writing Tips
As a career journalist, I had point-of-view thrashed out of me by professors, editors, and colleagues. “Unless you’re a columnist,” they’d say, “keep your point of view to yourself. Just report who, what, where, when, why, and how. Stick to the facts. Quote notable...
by Joni M Fisher | Feb 14, 2015 | Writing Tips
Let’s say you develop and market one story a week. Before long, you are juggling dozens of articles at various stages of development and sale. If you are not selling reprints of your published articles, then read my blog on Reprints & Rewrites. WHAT TO TRACK You...