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Archives for July 2022

How do I scream in print?

July 30, 2022 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Young man yelling earnestly, open-mouthed, staring at you with wide-open eyes!

“….” by r0ck (Rakesh Ayilliath) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. Original question: When writing, should I describe a scream instead of having the character yell out, “Ahhhh!”?   Ooooh, good question. The answer, of course, is “it depends.” First, it depends on the accepted styles of expression and the tropes of your genre. Pirates […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: onomatopoeia, phonetic

When is TMI a Good Thing?

July 29, 2022 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

When it stands for “Trans-Mars Injection orbit” of course! Wouldn’t it be great if Relativity Space and Impulse came out of left field to beat Elon Musk (SpaceX) to Mars? Oooh, that would be fun to watch! In other news, what sometimes feels like “Too Much Information” is actually a good thing. In fact, it’s […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing