Ask the Socratic Questions…

… And let your Own Magic shine in the Written Word.

An artist begins with their own palette of colors, brushes, oils, and water to create their own unique masterpiece. Words, symbols, punctation, sentences, and paragraphs are the tools of a writer’s domain.

 
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Say it.

Ever get tired of using the dialogue tag '“said,” and for good reason? There are so many more critical options out there that offer further depth, emotion, and connection between the audience and characters. These are just a few that I found inspirational in my own dialogue.

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Characters and Plot?

Connection with your audience and the mood you create throughout your plot is vital to the success of ‘hooking’ your reader. The character unfolds as the plot blossoms, and your readers will be taken on a wild ride!

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Literary Devices.

Shape and form. Emotion and structure. It all begins with an idea— and when enlightened by critical language and shown in the spotlight, you can become the poet you are.

“One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their surface was sparkling with the present: like sun shimmering on the outer leaves of a vast tree, or on the ripples of a very deep lake.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, description of Treebeard’s eyes, an Ent