All posts tagged "novel writing advice"

  • Excellent Strategies For Revising Your First Draft - Writer's Life.org
    Excellent Strategies For Revising Your First Draft

    When you finally finish the first draft of your book it can feel like a massive weight has been lifted from your shoulders. You got there! You did it! You achieved your goal! The feeling of elation...

    • Posted May 11, 2017
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  • What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up- Writer's Life.org
    What To Do When You Feel like Giving Up

    No one ever said that writing was easy, and as writers and authors, we know better than anyone that writing requires dedication, determination and perseverance even when we feel like we are getting nowhere at all. If...

    • Posted May 10, 2017
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  • How To Scare Your Readers - Writer's Life.org
    How To Scare Your Readers

    Scaring your readers isn’t necessarily about writing a full-blown horror story. In fact, whatever the genre of book you are writing and whatever your story is about there is probably room to inject a little fear into...

    • Posted May 10, 2017
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  • How To Plan Your Writing

    Good writing is usually writing that is well planned. However liberating and wonderful it can feel to simply sit down and just write if you want to create a well-crafted story with just the right mix of...

    • Posted May 10, 2017
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  • How To Create A Useful Outline For Your Story

    Research and planning are crucial to any story, and before you even begin you should already have an outline written down. An outline acts as the roadmap for your story, keeps you on the straight and narrow...

    • Posted May 5, 2017
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  • Don’t Forget About Your Secondary Characters - Writer's Life.org
    Don’t Forget About Your Secondary Characters

    For many writers much of their story is focused on their protagonist - this is the main character in your novel, the one whose journey we follow throughout, the one we are most invested in, and the...

    • Posted May 4, 2017
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  • 8 Tips To Instantly Improve Your Writing - Writer's Life.org
    8 Tips To Instantly Improve Your Writing

    When it comes to improving our writing there is always more to learn. Be it understanding how to structure a plot, how to write great characters or simply how to get stuff done, there is always more we...

    • Posted May 3, 2017
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  • Can You Have Too Many Characters In Your Book?

    It is natural when writing a story to include many different characters, from your protagonist whose journey readers will follow throughout, to sub characters who play a more minor, but still important role, to those who appear...

    • Posted May 3, 2017
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  • What Will A Good Editor Do For Your Book? - Writer's Life.org
    What Will A Good Editor Do For Your Book?

    Many self-published authors find it difficult to decide whether to hire a book editor to go through their manuscript before they publish. On the one hand, it seems like a good idea and will hopefully ensure your...

    • Posted May 2, 2017
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  • How To Make Your Writing Tighter, Clearer and Better-Writer's Life.org
    How To Make Your Writing Tighter, Clearer and Better

    When it comes to editing your manuscript, it is important to pay attention to how your writing flows. Your reader should be able to read your book without effort. If your writing is confusing, wordy or awkward...

    • Posted May 2, 2017
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