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EASY MISTAKES

Site: http://www.sfwa.org/writing/mistakes_allen.htm

Ninety-percent of the mistakes made by authors fall into a few predictable categories. Here's the place to go to learn how to avoid writing's easiest to fall into pitfalls. Learn how to kill off your characters with gusto. Learn when you should show rather than tell--and when you shouldn't. Find out how flashbacks can lead to befuddlement. Discover that everyone has a name. Find out whether or not author Roger Allen MacBride knows why the giraffe is wearing a tux. Then dissect the brain chemistry of a lab rat in a maze. Whether you're reading about errors of motive, bad planning, or "what if," Roger's sense of humor and insight will teach you to avoid the most common errors in writing.

Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:03:48 -0700

Submitted by: Heather Grove

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