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All posts tagged "writing tips"
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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
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
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?
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 More Dramatic
Injecting drama into your writing is so important. If you don’t you are simply telling your readers about a sequence of events where perhaps nothing really happens - there is no excitement, there are no surprises. Dramatic...
- Posted April 27, 2017
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How To Handle Criticism
One of the hardest parts of being a writer is facing criticism of our work. It’s one of those quite odd things when you think about it. You would happily sit through a meal someone had slaved...
- Posted April 25, 2017
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How To Get Clients As A Freelance Writer
Starting out as a freelance writer can be tough. Securing enough clients and work to keep paying the bills is something that all freelancers worry about. In fact, even those who have been making a success of...
- Posted April 20, 2017