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All posts tagged "writing tips"
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Why It Pays To Take Risks With Your Writing
When it comes to writing books, regardless of whether you choose to self-publish or try to win a traditional publishing deal, the competition has never been fiercer. Readers are overwhelmed with choice, and writers often find trying...
- Posted July 1, 2017
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Make Your First Draft Kick Ass!
We hear it time and time again. First drafts are rubbish. No matter how talented a writer you are, the first draft of your book will be full of errors, of self-indulgent nonsense, of poor character development,...
- Posted June 29, 2017
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Writing A Memoir? Avoid These Mistakes!
Writing a memoir can be an extremely exciting project for any writer. However, it’s often a lot harder than you think! Just because you are writing something personal, recalling things that have happened to you and telling...
- Posted June 25, 2017
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How To Write Your Book Faster
Sometimes the book writing process can feel agonisingly slow. We expect that we’ll definitely be finished our first drafts by such and such a point, and when that time rolls by we are so far away from...
- Posted June 25, 2017
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Hiring An Editor? Here’s How To Make The Most Of Them
Whether or not to hire a professional editor is a decision every author must make after they have got their manuscript to the best possible version it can be. Many believe that if you want to give...
- Posted June 24, 2017
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Traditional Vs Self-Publishing – Which Should You Choose?
When you have finished your book, redrafted it, edited it, let friends, colleagues and strangers read it, re-drafted it again, you may finally be ready to publish. Now you have another big decision to make. Deciding whether...
- Posted June 23, 2017
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Great Ways To Begin Your Story
Starting your story is just the beginning, but it is often the very hardest part. I am sure we all know the feeling of sitting down to start a new writing project, staring at that blank screen...
- Posted June 18, 2017
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How To End Your Chapters Well
Every writer knows that ending your chapters well is crucial. You want to bring that particular scene or a piece of action to an end, while also leaving everything on a mini cliffhanger so your readers can’t...
- Posted June 15, 2017
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Crafting Lessons To Improve Your Book
As writers, we know that constantly striving to learn and improve is key to our writing success and satisfaction. There is always more to learn, new techniques to try and methods to experiment with. That’s one of...
- Posted June 14, 2017
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What Makes A Book Worth Reading?
As writers, we all know how important it is to read as much as possible. We also know that it's crucial to make our own work as readable as possible. Regardless of what type of book you...
- Posted June 7, 2017