I haven’t been at this blogging thing long and I already had my first “aha” moment. I need some new transitions. If we constructed a word cloud of my (5) blogs, I am worried “OMG, OK, Alright, and So” would be in flashing neon lights.
I think the issue is that I am writing like I am talking to you – you being a figurative term for the 2-3 people who will read this blog. If I give this novel writing thing a chance, is “Minnesota sarcasm” an optional writing prose? Hopefully the Novel Writing Book that I bought will address prose styles…it is what I would call entry level, so I am not sure it will be comprehensive enough to include Minnesota twang. That might come in Level 2…
I am too embarrassed to tell you the title of the book. It is probably the type of How-to book that would cause “serious” writers to snicker. I mean, its not like I really think I can write a novel in 90 days, a short time frame, but I think that I will benefit from learning how to lace up the sneakers before I sign up for a marathon….or get my feet wet before I dive in…or drive a tractor before getting your license (that one I added just for all you folks that think MN is all farm fields). Now would those be called metaphors, alliterations, conjunctions…shoot, where is my high school grammar book???
novel naive 