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Lori Z. Scott wrote a new post 5 years, 9 months ago
The sky’s the limit to the number of clichés that can infiltrate writing. In fact, I intend to dump a truckload into this article to illustrate why writers should avoid them like the plague.
However, I also […]
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Lori Z. Scott commented on the post, The Plot Thickens: 3 Ingredients That Can Beef Up a Simplistic Plot 5 years, 9 months ago
Wonderful! I imagine Story Embers has a number of other articles and organizational graphics you’d find helpful. I enjoy those resources too. Yay, us!
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Lori Z. Scott commented on the post, The Plot Thickens: 3 Ingredients That Can Beef Up a Simplistic Plot 5 years, 9 months ago
Super! That buoys my heart.
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Lori Z. Scott commented on the post, The Plot Thickens: 3 Ingredients That Can Beef Up a Simplistic Plot 5 years, 9 months ago
Yay! You just made my day. Thanks for stopping by to read this. 🙂
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Lori Z. Scott wrote a new post 5 years, 9 months ago
You’ve probably heard the idiom “the plot thickens.” It describes situations or events that lead to more complex twists in a story. Plots that lack depth are like watery gravy—unappealing to the consumer […]
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Such helpful tips! I will keep these in mind as I continue working on my WIP.
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Super! That buoys my heart.
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Yay! You just made my day. Thanks for stopping by to read this. 🙂
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Wonderful! I imagine Story Embers has a number of other articles and organizational graphics you’d find helpful. I enjoy those resources too. Yay, us!
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Wonderful! Thanks for letting me know!
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Plotting: what a struggle. 😛 Thank you for the article, Ms. Scott! Definitely getting bookmarked. 😀
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Lori Z. Scott commented on the post, Stop Forgetting to Develop Your Characters’ Worldviews 5 years, 10 months ago
Well done. I’m excited about the checklist.
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*Groans*. Oh wow, this article is just bursting at the seams with cliche`s! Enough to choke a horse XD
This article was super fun and just kept me grinning! Thanks, Lori, for your insight. Now I just want to collect cliche`s and fool around with them! 🙂
Thank you for the kind words. I know after I wrote the article, I started seeing cliches everywhere. It helped me spot them in my own writing and in everyday speech. Changing them up made a difference. Although… I’m sure my critique group was thinking, “What’s gotten into her?!?”
Thank you! I had fun with it. 🙂