Ask the Author: Tina C
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Tina C
Poirot's England, Barnaby's Midsomer, Agatha Raisin's Cotswolds or Katrina's orange grove, FL. Hang out with the protags, enjoy local color until a crime necessitated us to go sleuthing for the motive and perp.
Tina C
Writing can be done anytime, anywhere, alone or in company at coffee houses, cafes, restaurants, planes, trains, walking. Just have writing tools so that ideas don't go up in vapor. Can visit places without leaving present surroundings...unless one wants to for research purposes.
Tina C
An occurrence on plane that was experienced by me and witnessed by a fellow passenger.
Tina C
Check your high schools for night courses in writing and sign up, join a local group of writers who will help with critiquing your work, hire a book doctor to guide you (latter pretty expensive). Study sentence structure of sentences in books you like and admire. If you're still in college, seek out a teacher to crit your work. Student programs where some are helping others with their writing. Read (which you already do), study flow of sentences, paragraphs.
A couple tips that I found helpful: say it in as least words possible. Modern day readers do not like to read loaded down sentences, prose.
Make every word count. Have a reason for every word. Ditch if not moving story along.
I read a modern cozy where the writer was too heavy with description. Spent more time working through that than reading clues and mystery.
Ex; Susie dressed in pink lipstick, red sweater, boots, jeans and jacket entered the darkened mansion.
Susie, dressed in jeans and jacket entered the darkened mansion. Something like that.
Best wishes, LM!
A couple tips that I found helpful: say it in as least words possible. Modern day readers do not like to read loaded down sentences, prose.
Make every word count. Have a reason for every word. Ditch if not moving story along.
I read a modern cozy where the writer was too heavy with description. Spent more time working through that than reading clues and mystery.
Ex; Susie dressed in pink lipstick, red sweater, boots, jeans and jacket entered the darkened mansion.
Susie, dressed in jeans and jacket entered the darkened mansion. Something like that.
Best wishes, LM!
Tina C
Currently submitting scripts also crowd funding, partnering opps so we can do more filming of film adaptation of my second book, Deadwaiter.
Tina C
Take a break, read other authors' writing. When you feel you're ready to return to or want to resume writing, start by looking about your work area, room, image board, characters' photos, bios...whatever might jog your muse. Have your characters "speak" to you. What do they need, want, feel. Start with a word then add a word to that, then another and another until you're back in flow.
Tina C
Screenplay adapted Country Inn, Dead & Breakfast and Deadwaiter. Working with entertainment attorney on contracts to resume filming. Hope to see Deadwaiter in a feature film someday.
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