The Orville

Karin Cather

By Karin Cather

Accents and Dialects in Dialogue

Accents and Dialects in Dialogue

While creating interesting, captivating, memorable characters, It’s really tempting to give them accents or dialects. However, when this is good, it is really, really good, and when it is bad, it is horrid. Here are some considerations and tips for how to create a...

A Possible Cure for Writer’s Block

A Possible Cure for Writer’s Block

Do you have writer’s block? There are many potential reasons for that, but here’s a big one: you’re trying to force your characters to do things they otherwise wouldn’t do. As a result, the characters are refusing to cooperate. Naturally, under those circumstances,...

Will AI Replace Human Writers?

Will AI Replace Human Writers?

Well, people are certainly trying. Some people don’t want to do the hard work of creating, and other people don’t want to pay a human being if they can give a prompt to a glorified calculator.

Watch Your Language

Watch Your Language

Given the social upheaval ahead, we women shouldn’t be afraid to use the strongest language that we possibly can, even if that language has been traditionally denied to women. Because in the right settings, strong language is credible language.

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