novels Archives - Auden Johnson

Removing “That” From Your Story

I’ve noticed an excessive amount of “thats” in the stories I’ve read. Most of the time, “that” doesn’t need to be there. […]

How do you make sure your characters don’t all sound the same? If you think about it logically, it shouldn’t be possible. […]

Character physical descriptions. How much information do you give? Or rather, how much information do you need to give? Once again, there are no […]

You’d think with the awesomeness that is Google we could do all the research for our books online. Yeah, I thought that too and […]

There’s a lot to be said about a writer’s imagination but sometimes I have trouble seeing the things I put in my […]

For the moment, I’ve stopped working on my second novel, as often, to focus on filling the holes in my world. I’m […]

In novel writing, is it really important to hook the read with a delicious opening line? A while ago, I would’ve said yes. No one has […]

I love words. I love experimenting with them. My favorite author is E.A. Poe because he uses familiar words in ways I […]