Summer Writing Tips
Did you know that summer is one of the top four seasons in which people decide to start writing a book? It's true! And to help you get your book off to a hot start, here are a few tips on writing about weather.
1. Elmore Leonard says you should never open a book with weather, and if you think I'm going to disagree with Elmore Leonard you're crazy.
2. When it comes to describing the weather--which you now know not to do at the very start of the novel--it's better to describe the effects of the weather than the weather itself. Instead of saying there were thick black clouds and that it was raining hard, talk about how the street lights came on in the middle of the day and how an empty Coke can raced a Starbucks cup down the gutter next to the sidewalk. Instead of saying it was hot, describe the sound bike tires make when they kindda stick to the asphalt or how colors seem to wash out, everything just a little too white.
