Katherine M. Kennedy

Show, don't tell too often means every angry person must clench their fists and scowl; every sad person must weep.

When should you use filter words in your writing, and why?

Filter words are words that filter the perceptions of the character, they are often redundant and can litter up the your writing, making it

If you aren't reading, you can't write, or you can write, but likely not well.

Content writing puts what your business does into words to inform and attract internet wanderers and search engine crawlers.

A trope is a narrative tool utilized by storytellers to build a narrative and convey a story.

There are some elements of writing advice, like the hatred of adverbs, that, while good to know, are not essential. Others are more importan

Don't edit as you write is excellent advice. Advice that I found almost impossible to follow. And when I did follow it while writing my seco

I edited my first book while I wrote it. It got messy. Fast.

JUMP AHEAD: Why Does Word Count Matter? Why Word Count Instead Of Number Of Pages? Elements That Can Effect Page Count But Not Word Count...

In third person limited the POV of the story follows one character at a time. The narrator has a limited perspective on the story.

Writing shouldn't be hard. It should be easy. Have a thought; jot it down. Where lies the complexity? But it is hard. It's so hard that it m

When a narrative is relayed to the reader through the pronouns he, she, and they, and/ or by the character name, you are in third person POV

the Not Like Other Girls girl is chosen not because of who she is, but because of who she isn’t. And who she isn’t, is a feminine girl.

British V American English. The battle has begun.

Writer's block is just a term for a bad day, week, or year at the office.

The new writer will naturally freak out that they have written 'said' too many times in their manuscript. 'She said,' 'he said,' 'they said.

First books don't always suck, adverbs aren't evil, and writing goals are like being on a bad diet. Some writing advice is bad and should be

Your writing style is your intangible writing personality. It's the words you use, the point of view you take, and the millions of little fa

This time I’m focusing on more practical elements like grammar, writing programs, research, and editing.