Archive for the 'My Research' Category
The Rock Cycle
I needed to find out what happens when rock is heated quickly, by an intense heat. Earth Floor: Cycles gives a quick, easy to understand explanation.
I also discovered that metamorphic rock is ideal for my main character’s situation.
And here’s a website that discusses the characteristics of metamorphic rock, which is most […]
Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 13 May 2006
Active and Passive Verbs
As I stated yesterday, my weakness is passive sentences. The following links were supplied to me by one of the critters who felt I might benefit from them.
Active and Passive Verbs
The Passive Overview
Past Continuous
I’m sharing them with you, in case you could benefit too.
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 17 Apr 2006
Karst Topography
The best way not to lose a link is by placing it here, which is something I do often (as you’ve probably noticed).
Cat’s Eyes is set in caves and this link on Karst Topography gives heaps of information on how these types of caves are formed, and more links, that might be useful […]
Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 30 Mar 2006
More on Volcanoes
During my short spurt of research, I’ve discovered heaps about volcanoes. It’s been a great learning experience, and I now know that what I plan for my story will be realistic. I was afraid that after I had finished the story, people “in the know” would turn around and say “that isn’t possible”.
Here […]
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 6 Mar 2006
Volcanoes
I know what you’re thinking. What’s she on about now?
Well, it’s simple. Research. I’m a writer and I have to do lots of research. Not only is it interesting and builds my own knowledge, it’s important to the story. If I make a mistake, my readers will tear me apart […]
Posted by: Scribe on Sunday, 5 Mar 2006
Punctuation: Comma
In years gone by I was extremely good with punctuation. I always received top marks for comprehension and extra marks for presentation. However, with the introduction of the internet, I’ve found that I’ve become confused with some punctuation usage. I suppose reading a lot of American websites has done that.
Lately, I’ve been […]
Posted by: Scribe on Sunday, 12 Feb 2006
Child Development
As a writer of children’s stories, I think it’s important to understand how a child develops. Yes, we’ve all been through it but can you remember how you thought when you were five? I can’t.
A writing friend, Scarborough, gave me these two links:
General Developmental Sequence - This site shows the typical activities and […]
Posted by: Scribe on Tuesday, 13 Sep 2005
Chapter Book Fantasy Stories
A writer must always be prepared to do research. No matter what the genre. Because if your reader discovers errors in your facts, you will lose their respect and their readership. An author cannot afford to have this happen.
If you’ve followed my progress over the years, you would have seen that I’ve […]
Posted by: Scribe on Wednesday, 10 Aug 2005
Writing for Middle Grade Children
Well, this has to be a good start. I’m actually interested enough to do some research on writing for middle grade children (that’s the 8 to 12 age group).
The following information was taken from Ask Laura at Write4Kids and was written by Laura Backes:
1. Middle grade novels contain about 12-15 chapters, with […]
Posted by: Scribe on Friday, 29 Jul 2005
The Importance of Water
In planning this next novel I’ve been talking about over the past week, I’ve had several scenes rolling around in my head. One of them is where a man tumbles into a shaft and is trapped for a period of time before he’s rescued. How long? I wasn’t sure but I thought […]
Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 11 Jun 2005