Boldly writing fun Science Fiction and Fantasy. chofsetz.com & hofsetz.com.
Can a non-villain main character go too far and become unredeemable? Where is the line, and why is it drinking decaf? The transgressions are:
Quirks, Small Vices, Lying, Violence, Infidelity, Misdemeanors, Betrayal, Torture, Murder, Mind Control, Hurting Animals, Genocide, Sexism and Misogyny, Bigotry, Slavery, and others.
The stages of writing.
Show vs. Tell: Overexplaining and hand-holding are not the words I want to hear from you.
Show, don’t tell is the number one rule of writing. Seriously, how often you do stuff without knowing the number one rule of it?
When classic novels get harsh reviews, and even fake writers are chastised, your book will definitely have more than its share of criticism. Or to be more formal, haters gonna hate.
Adverbs, the next twist on my ongoing backwards journey to learn to write after I wrote my adult science fiction book.
This emotional cheat sheet is based on the wheel chart, but it’s longer, with no misspells or duplicates, and in an easier-to-read format.
Writing can be tense and personal – or how I accidentally wrote a book in first person and present tense.
