Paralanguage
What is paralanguage? Is it a distant relative of paragliding? Naaah. Paralanguage is the study of non verbal language that reveals itself through nonsensical sounds that make sense to us such as aaah, un-huh, huh, pooh, hmm, yuhoo, tich etc; body language; facial expressions and environmental factors.
Now we come to the point. How can we [...]
Written on November 8, 2008 | Posted in Fiction Writing, Latest Articles, Writing techniques | 4 comments
At what age did they get published?
I have compiled a list of prize winning authors and jotted down their debut works, mostly novels, to see at what age they got published for the very first time! More than anything else, it’s just to quench the curiosity of the likes of me.
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and published The Pickwick Papers [...]
Written on November 3, 2008 | Posted in Fiction writing help, Latest Articles, Post-Writing | 2 comments
