Professional Resources for Writers
Whether you're wanting to publish traditionally or independently, chances are these talented...
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Professional Resources for Writers
Whether you're wanting to publish traditionally or independently, chances are these talented...
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The Secret Ingredient of Original Stories
Are there any original stories left to be written? And, if so, how do you find one to write?
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Ideas for Constructing Your Own Writing Routine
Organizing my daily writing routine into a series of specific steps helps me get the most out of...
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Understanding - and Accepting - the Reasons You Write
At the end of the day, what's important isn't so much understanding the reason you write as it is...
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What Is a 50-Page Edit... and Why Will It Rock Your Story?
The 50-page mark is the perfect place to stop and remember where you've been, so you have a...
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How Not to Use Speaker Tags and Action Beats
Let's a take a look at two means for indicating speakers and varying the rhythm of speech and...
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3 Traits Your Hero and Villain Should Share
The more similar your hero and villain, the stronger your story, the more realistic your...
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4 Ways to Avoid the Pitfalls of a Writer's Solitude
As important as it is to claim large chunks of uninterrupted writing time, it's also important...
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Why Writers Should Take Their Own Advice
If you've ever found yourself wishing for a writing mentor - someone with the savvy, experience,...
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A Surefire Sign You're Over-Explaining
Over-explaining can manifest in several ways, but the core of the problem is always repetition -...
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What if Your Antagonist Isn't a Person?
The obstacle that stands between your character and his overall story goal could be any number of...
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5 Reasons You Should Stop Writing
Writers write. But sometimes, when they have good reasons for doing so, writers don't write.
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17 Steps to a Reader-Grabbing Title
What steps can you take to come up with your own perfect title?
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The Do's and Don'ts of Dialect
Trust your characters to be lovable without affectations, and trust your readers to be smart...
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Readers don't like to be cheated, lied to, or tricked. And that's where foreshadowing comes into...
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Be a Better Writer: Get Organized
If we can spend less time trying to find our favorite pen or our notes on one of our minor...
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Why "Suddenly" Is a Four-Letter Word
"Suddenly" has this ironic tendency to mitigate the very effect it's trying to create.
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Why You Need to Be Excited About Every Single Thing You Write
Sitting down to write, in itself, isn't enough. We also have to be excited about every single...
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Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer
When readers decide to join hands with us, they are, in essence, becoming our co-writers.
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Authors should learn to spot the most prevalent sentence slips-ups and know when to eliminate...
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