Dheera's Workshop of Whimsy

CHARACTERS AND SETTING have a few things in common. You have to know both of them well. Even if your main character is wicked, the reader must like him to read about him/her.

It is true in real life that even the wickedest have some good in them. Give your character a balance of good and bad. It can be more good than bad if you like but some quirkiness is essential to ...

Hello again!

I have chosen one questions to answer this week.

Suamna (13 years) says she finds it difficult to show something happening. She is more comfortable telling the reader about it. She asks why it is better to show rather than tell.

VOICE:

Or Point of view. Who tells the story?  You can tell the story from one point of view, POV, or multiple POV. It can be a story told in first person…I saw my father building a tree house and wondered who it was for…

Or third person…Sam saw his father…

THIS WEEK…

I will answer the many questions I have been asked. Thank you all for the interest and for writing in. I have taken your permission to mention your names and ages. The writers who wish to remain anonymous have been respected but their ages have been mentioned.

WRITING TIP V

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PLOT.

Know the subject of your story well. If you have decided to write about a Mudskipper for example, learn all about the little amphibian. Know the fact that it is mainly seen in mud pudd...