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Third Person Omniscient vs Head Hopping
Recently I’ve found myself in a quandary about critiquing another writer for the ‘head hopping’ error. I mean, what actually constitutes head hopping?
40 Years
I realized last month, when contemplating the fact that 2003 marks RMFW’s 40th anniversary, that I’ve been writing for 40 years. Summer of 1983. I switched jobs. I went from newspaper reporter to working as a television producer for a PBS news show. I started flying around the country working on stories. And, during all…
Passive vs Active Voice – How to Spot, How to Use
In a recent workshop, I was asked to explain the difference between passive and active voice. Think of active voice as being more direct, with a noun (the subject of the sentence) doing a verb (the action of the sentence): “Daryl caught the ball” (noun=Daryl, verb=caught) or “The script revealed the killer on the first…
Bloggers Wanted: Zero Pay, Tons of Karma Points!
Do you want to share some of your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and tips with other writers? Are you itching to spend a little time writing something other than that novel you’re sick of staring at? Got a sure-fire technique you wish other writers knew about? Do you want to get your byline (and link to…