Writing blog roundup: great writing, create characters, writing exercises, write description, show don’t tell

What I read this week in writing blogs:

• The Secret of Great Writing. I recently finished editing my first novel, The Golden Crystal.
• How to Create Larger Than Life Characters. One thing we’re always focusing on, as authors, is creating realistic characters.
• Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Characters. Whenever I’m working on a story idea, I spend a lot of time during the development stages making character sketches and writing backstories for my characters.
• How to Write Description that will Delight Your Readers’ Senses. NY Times Bestselling Author Nicholas Sparks writes to delight our senses.
• Show, Don’t Tell — Using Description to Deepen Your Characters. Social media is an amazing tool, and it is a wonderful time to be a writer, but, I am going to point out the pink elephant in the room.