Tag Archives: style

Questions 3: Your Author Identity

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

To be an author, you need to have some understanding of yourself.  Even on the unconscious level, you need to be sure of who you are in order to put pen to paper and create.  This requires creating an author … Continue reading →

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Using Personification in Fiction

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m going to touch on two things this week: PERSONIFICATION and ANTHROPOMORPHISM.  These two literary tactics get mixed up a lot because they’re very similar.  Even the image above isn’t giving the full story.  So, let’s start with the first … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Being the Author You Were Meant to Be

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

It’s difficult to be an author and carve out your own identity.  There are industry standards, armies of gatekeepers, lengthy histories of each genre, and the constantly gnawing self-doubt.  A negative opinion on our style can hit harder than 100 … Continue reading →

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Post Revisited: Crushers of Souls and Puppies

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Due to being busy with things and heading out for the weekend, I’m going to keep the ‘Post Revisits’ going for today.  This one was originally posted on January 2, 2013. I read a post about the characteristics of heroes … Continue reading →

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Throwback Post- Present Vs. Past Tense: A Curious History

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Charles Yallowitz

Originally posted on April 10, 2013.  This has been unaltered.  In fact, I didn’t even re-read it, so I’m going to keep myself in the dark.  (I did notice that it ends with me talking about my 4th book. You … Continue reading →

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Author Life: Find Your Style and Own It!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

The theme for this week is ‘Author Life’, which I’m guessing I wrote up while I was exhausting or a little buzzed.  I figure part of the challenge here is to figure out what I was talking about.  Anyway, there … Continue reading →

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That’s Great, but That Guy Thinks You Suck

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

First, we all know that you can’t please everybody.  That’s not what this brief post is about. When writing a new book, I think back to critical reviews to help me refine what I’m doing.  I’m not perfect, so I … Continue reading →

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Present Tense Tips: Use At Own Risk

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Charles Yallowitz

I have to say that the above scene from Spaceballs is very close to how some people have reacted to present tense writing.  I know this is a topic I beat to death, but it’s my style and I take … Continue reading →

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Faith and Confidence

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

First off, this is not me losing faith in my own writing.  I want to get that out there right away before I give people the wrong impression.  Contrary to what some reviews have said, I have faith and confidence … Continue reading →

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Bane of the Author: Editing and Revising

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Charles Yallowitz

I love and hate the revising process as much as the next guy.  Unless the next guy is a professional editor and then he’s got more to talk about.  As self-published authors, many of us have to take the revising … Continue reading →

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