Essential Lessons for Beginning Writers
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:24 pm
The following list is a sampling of the writing lessons available in this forum. If you're a new writer, you might want to start here. There's a bit of something for everyone: writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
1st person and memoir
3rd person
Adjective and adverb overuse
Beginnings, #1--the 4th judging criterion
Beginnings, #2--the 4th judging criterion
Beginnings, #3--the 4th judging criterion
Characterization
Commas
Commas with conjunctions
Common errors
Conclusion #1--the 5th judging criterion
Conclusion #2-- the 5th judging criterion
Devotionals
Dialogue, #1
Dialogue, #2
Dialogue, #3
Magic endings (NOT about magic)
Meter
Pacing
Predictability
Punctuating dialogue #1
Punctuating dialogue #2
Rhyme
Sentence structures
Setting
Simple sentences
Tenses
Tight writing
Transitions
Word choice
1st person and memoir
3rd person
Adjective and adverb overuse
Beginnings, #1--the 4th judging criterion
Beginnings, #2--the 4th judging criterion
Beginnings, #3--the 4th judging criterion
Characterization
Commas
Commas with conjunctions
Common errors
Conclusion #1--the 5th judging criterion
Conclusion #2-- the 5th judging criterion
Devotionals
Dialogue, #1
Dialogue, #2
Dialogue, #3
Magic endings (NOT about magic)
Meter
Pacing
Predictability
Punctuating dialogue #1
Punctuating dialogue #2
Rhyme
Sentence structures
Setting
Simple sentences
Tenses
Tight writing
Transitions
Word choice