Anna Staniszewski

Archives: February2010

• Debating the Happy Ending

  If you have a minute, stop by Beth Revis’s Writing It Out today to check out my guest post: “Are We Ruled by Happy Endings?” As much as I enjoy happy endings, I’ve been wondering about the pressure they put on writers to wrap things up in a big bow. Come on over and chime

• Examining Omniscient POV

  Last week I looked at how POV affects character, specifically in first person and third person limited narration. Today I wanted to do one last post on point of view, focusing on third person omniscient, specifically involved omniscient POV since detached omniscient is pretty rare these days. (See my post on choosing a POV for

• Memorable Opening Lines

  We’ve been talking a lot about story beginnings in my writing classes this semester. Last week, I had my students read this excerpt on opening scenes from Hooked by Les Edgerton. He makes lots of great points, but the one that really stood out to me was about opening lines.
  Spend an awful lot of time

• WIP Wednesday

  You know when you’ve been working on a WIP for so long that you start to wonder if it’s even any good? That’s where I am with my NaNo book right now, and that’s a big sign that I need a break from it. Once I finish this round of revisions, I’ll send it off

• Two Great Writing Links

  I know it’s an off day for me, but I just wanted to take a moment to point you toward a couple worthwhile blog posts that I came across yesterday. Check them out when you have a minute.
  I’ll be back tomorrow for a WIP Update.
  Andrea Vlahakis continued yesterday’s POV discussion with some great thoughts on

• How POV Affects Character

  Last week I did a breakdown of the most popular types of POV and stressed how important the right POV is to a story. Today, I wanted to elaborate on that a bit more, specifically on how POV affects character.
  As a few of you noted in the comments of the last POV post, first person