The above quote from James Thurber is perhaps one of the most important pieces of advice any writer should adhere to. It’s telling you to write down your ideas regardless of whether or not it’s perfect. Just get it down on paper or screen so that you have a framework to work with. Your idea can…
I came across the term said bookism quite some time ago. This caused me to re-examine my dialogue-tags and the prose that populated my work. A said bookism is a form of Purple Prose (prose that is too elaborate or ornate) where the writer goes out of his way to avoid the word said. A person could even purchase ‘said-books’…