Writing Nuggets for June

Seems like really good posts have been flooding the blogosphere lately. Here's a few that I thought were exceptionally good.


Ways to "show" that your characters are close:

http://blog.liviablackburne.com/2011/06/twenty-ways-to-describe-your-characters.html

Ways to strengthen your prose:

http://www.sfwa.org/2005/01/writerisms-and-other-sins-a-writers-shortcut-to-stronger-writing/

Ways to make your theme visual

http://thedarksalon.blogspot.com/2011/05/visual-image-systems.html

How much back story can you have in chapter one?

http://blog.liviablackburne.com/2011/05/do-flashbacks-make-your-butt-look-big.html?showComment=1306801733767#c8950189761824343653

How (& how not) to write sex scenes:

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/out_there/documents/02844055.htm

What's the best thing you've found lately?