tips for authors – Marissa Campbell

Top Ten Ways to Test a Writer's Patience (or How to Drive a Writer Crazy)

by Marissa CampbellA Writer's Musings February 20, 2015No Comments

This is part of an entertaining post that I wrote for Relentless Writers, a blog I contribute to monthly. To read the full article click here. 🙂 One of these things does not belong: I am impatient I am an extrovert I require immediate gratification I am an author It is possible, given the traits …

Show vs Tell

by Marissa CampbellA Writer's Musings December 28, 2014No Comments

He sat in the rocker. Wooden and hard, the chair had a cushion of square fabric flattened by years of use. A brown and yellow afghan spilled over one corner. The fireplace crackled. The wool cardigan tugged at his shoulders, the weight dragging down his stooped frame. His hand, the skin paper thin, freckled with age …