Activity for cobaltduck‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd? In my story, there is a group of four characters that are called upon a classic macguffin hunt. The characters know that the macguffin is important, but they do not know all the details as why it is important. I want to provide that info to my readers, but while writing in third person limited, I'm n... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Getting help and/or mentoring, later in life For context, I am a forty-something male from the Great Lakes region of the United States. I work full-time as something other than a writer. About 25 years ago in high school, I was an almost-straight-A student. The "almost" was always due to English class. I hated, nay despised, the writing assign... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do you avoid the problem of all the characters in your story sounding the same? I think Craig's answer is solid, but in terms of getting the balance right, one trick I use is to read the dialogue out loud. It works even better if you can rope someone else into reading one of the characters, and treat your MS like a script. I don't usually do it for the entire book, just for a f... (more)	—	over 13 years ago