James Scott Bell

Three Dirty Birds Talk Exposition

The Dirty Birds are chirping about James Scott Bell and Exposition. Kate: I thought it was ironic that the chapter on exposition was one of the shortest in the book. 🙂 Zoe: It really was very short. Does he not know we need to fill up a discussion here? Ana: It’s like he doesn’t...

Three Dirty Birds Talk Show vs Tell

It’s a New Year, but the same old young Dirty Birds! We’re back with chapter 8 of James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication–Show vs. Tell. Ana: I can never get enough of this topic. /sarcasm Zoe: It was fairly palatable in this presentation. It’s been worse! Ana: It’s probably not him, it’s...

Three Dirty Birds Talk About Scenes

WE’RE BACK!!!! At least until Christmas derails us. Then we lose Zoe-bird for a couple of weeks, but we’ll be back in the New Year to finish off James Scott Bell and squabble about what book we’ll read next. Any suggestions? We’d like something a little more focused, something that will help us with...