When I was a young child I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn’t really understand the concept of genres, so I devoured any book that came across my path. Fantasy, mysteries, adventure-it just didn’t matter. They were all lumped together on the meager ...

5 ways to take your time in writing, and yet get somewhere

Beware of all of a sudden and its’ relatives
Be wary of sequence words
Watch your spelling of the word
Jargon
Clichés
Most of us have read that short story every once in a while when all the action comes at the end of few words of introduction, which have a knack for appearing quite often. This article will hopefully keep you from doing that.

BEWARE OF ALL OF A SUDDEN AND ITS’ RELATIVES

When a writer sits down to write their first work, it is always not quite their best. Yet he or she may see it as quite an accomplishment. Such things are excusable in the beginning, but as the writer starts to write more they will correct their mistakes, all because perfect practice makes perfect.

Below is a passage that a beginning writer may write.

Joe went into the house and sat down. He turned on the t.v. and flipped to his favorite show. It wasn’t on, so he went to his room. Pressing the button, he found that his radio ...

Fantasy lovers are a strange breed. Not too many people seem to spend their free time looking at the newest J.R.R. Tolkien calender or studying The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt. But there are more of us out there than we would let on. ...

The five things that creates a better manuscript

Pace
Closeness to reality
Clarity
Enjoyment
Great Characters
When writing a manuscript, you have a lot of topics to consider. This section of Lucid Writing Advice will touch upon these topics, and hopefully steer you in the right direction.

PACE

Everywhere you look in a bookstore you see books of all shapes and sizes. Tall ones, small ones, thick ones, and slim ones. If you are an avid reader, the size of the book is directly equivalent to your span of interest. To the writer, the size of the book has to do with the pacing.

Seldom do you find the ending at the beginning or vice versa. The pace ...

First off, literature is slower at conveying a message than, for example, the visual arts or music. It's not so instant.

When I started off writing I was still getting to ...