Renee Miller
Contributing Writer
R. Miller - Tanya Gibson 2010
I have freelanced for local newspapers and for various information sites. I moderate a 1400 member fiction writing group on Goodreads. I've published two short stories in the ebook anthology titled "Menage-a-20; Tales with a Hook" and I have two more scheduled for publication in separate anthologies in 2011. I currently freelance for various sites, and in October, 2011 I published the "Writer's Companion", a reference manual for writers, which I co-authored with Carlos J. Cortes.
Latest Articles
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Transitioning Scenes and Chapters Without Jolting the Reader
Transitioning is critical to fine tuning the pace of your novel and to creating a smooth narrative.
Dec 1, 2011
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Developing Your Writing Style
We can often identify our favorite authors by reading just a few pages of their works. What we recognize is the writer's style.
Nov 26, 2011
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Setting the Stage for Your Story
Every story needs setting. This requires research and planning. Your setting must be able to carry your reader effortlessly into the world you've created.
Nov 22, 2011
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Narrative in Fiction Writing
Narrative and exposition are often confused. While exposition is useful, it is often unnecessary. Narrative is vital to the plot.
Nov 17, 2011
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Exposition in Fiction Writing
When used sparingly exposition can control pacing and it can fill the reader in on important events that affect the characters or the plot.
Nov 17, 2011
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Cinematic POV: A Tool Best Used Sparingly
Cinematic POV allows the reader to preview a scene before the action begins, but is often better used in small measures.
Nov 13, 2011
- Renee Miller
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Understanding Third Person POV
Third person POV enables you to show the story from several characters' viewpoints, without losing intimacy, but these shifts can't occur on a whim.
Nov 13, 2011
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Tips on Writing First Person POV
First person POV is difficult to write successfully. Writers of this POV must follow a set of guidelines to avoid telling and unreliable narrators.
Nov 13, 2011
- Renee Miller
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Omniscient POV: Not an Excuse for Head-Hopping
To master omniscient POV, writers must learn to shift to another character only when necessary, and avoid the dizzying mistake of head-hopping.
Nov 12, 2011
- Renee Miller
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Whose Head are We In: Controlling POV
Point of view (POV) is the perspective from which you tell your story. Think of it as the point of view a camera sees things in a film.
Nov 9, 2011
- Renee Miller
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