Writing

  • Worst. Dialogue. Ever.

    Dialogue. I love writing dialogue.  I also love eavesdropping, which is why I suspect I love writing dialogue so much, since essentially I am eavesdropping on my characters. In theory, dialogue sounds like it should be easy to write.  We all talk, right?  And dialogue is talking, right?  So clearly, dialogue is just recording how…

  • Writing is my something better to do

    It’s November 1st, and all across the world, thousands of writers are sitting down and frantically banging out words in search of NaNoWriMo glory. If you are not familiar with it, NaNoWriMo is a month-long writing challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.  There is a time limit and deadlines and you…