Nuggets for February

Time to share my favorite recent links:

An excellent analysis of how to keep your middles from sagging using Jaws as an example
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-muddy-middle-where-good-plots-go-to.html#.Uuf_4LRlDIV

Patricia Wrede talks about breaking the rules in dialog.
http://pcwrede.com/grammar-syntax-and-other-actual-rules/ 

Lessons from a master. What you can learn from Hitchcock's Rear Window
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/6-writing-lessons-from-alfred-hitchcocks-rear-window 

 The 3 things Hugh Howey says makes great writing
http://www.hughhowey.com/i-suck-at-writing/