Writing Isn't About Being Clever; It's About Story

When I talk about novel structure, I talk a lot about Dwight Swain who wrote  Techniques of the Selling Writer. Swain has some really...

Astonishers. Gaspers. Screamers. What your exclamation point addiction or avoidance says about you.

Sometimes us writers become a little stylistic. We get addictions. We might fall in love with the ellipses or certain words. Or, we might...