All posts tagged "writing advice"

  • Great Advice For First Time Writers - Writer's Life.org
    Great Advice For First Time Writers

    For a first-time writer, the idea of getting published can feel as far away as another universe. When you first sit down at your computer or desk to begin that very first chapter, imagining your book out...

    • Posted May 20, 2017
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  • Where To Get Your Short Story Published - Writer's Life.org
    Where To Get Your Short Story Published

    Whether you are writing a novel or not, it is always worth considering trying your hand at short stories on the side. Short stories are a fantastic way of practising your craft, and can also enable you...

    • Posted May 19, 2017
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  • Merging Your Fiction Writing With Real Life Experiences - Writer's Life.org
    Merging Your Fiction Writing With Real Life Experiences

    We are always told to ‘write what we know’ but what does that really mean? If you don’t have any desire to write an autobiography or can’t see how a book about your everyday experiences or the...

    • Posted May 17, 2017
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  • What Are The Secrets Of A Successful Writer? - Writer's Life.org
    What Are The Secrets Of A Successful Writer?

    Sometimes this whole writing business seems a little unfair. We do our best and yet time and time again we hear about another unheard of an indie author whose book suddenly started snowballing and has now landed...

    • Posted May 16, 2017
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  • What Makes A Great Book Cover - Writer's Life.org
    What Makes A Great Book Cover?

    When it comes to self-publishing one of the most important (and exciting) decisions you’ll have to make is what to do about your book cover. I can’t underestimate how crucial it is to put serious time and...

    • 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 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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