Word for Words Blog for Writers

Emotions in scenes reveal character Why show emotions in scenes instead of telling how characters feel? Because readers like discovery ...

To emotionally invest in a story, readers need to trust the writer, and a writer who creates a serious story with a tongue-in-cheek tone is ...

Law and Order has much to teach writers about dialogue, raising the stakes in a story and plot twists. Recently, four words grabbed my atte...

Strong leads capture reader interest You may recall, before our poetic interlude, that we were talking about using the journalistic style...

Charles Rafferty, poet Award-winning poet Charles Rafferty has a new chapbook entitled Appetites with Clemson University Press. Head ...