Craft: Determining Genre

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Q. I am ready to search for an agent, except that I don’t yet have a title for my novel. Here’s my dilemma: My story is both a mainstream novel and a mystery novel. I have two questions. 1. Is it okay to let a potential...

Craft: Dialogue Checklist

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) After you’ve written your scene, it’s a good idea to run a checklist on all dialogue. As you do so, ask the following questions: * Did I say exactly what I meant to say? * Did I say what I meant to say in a manner that is natural to...

Life: Does It Ever Get Easy?

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Blog Post) What follows is a question posed to me in the Aids4Writers program and my response. I hope it will be of interest and assistance to other writers. The Question: I’ve been writing for seven years. I’ve studied writing...

Craft: Doing the Story Justice

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Note: The often-discussed topic in this Aids4Writers article is one that plagues many authors, so I thought it might be helpful to have it addressed here, in the Writers’ Zone. The Question: I am working on a Medieval. I have a real...

Life: Doubt

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Blog Post) Inside each of us resides the demon Doubt. It rests easily there, right on the shoulders of Fear. And like Fear, Doubt attacks us when we least expect it—and when we least need it. Doubt makes us second-guess others’ motives, our...
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