Quick Tip: Don’t smother writing with your red pen Sometimes writers sabotage their own stories by ensuring every sentence is grammatically correct, as if they were turning it in to their middle school English teacher. Read through many of the…

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Funny Thing About the Hands… - Uncharted I visited the peat bog just before dawn, when the morning fog was still heavy, hovering over the carpet of peat like a damp blanket. Earlier that morning, I’d noticed peat dried and nailed to the wind...

My new story “Funny Thing About The Hands…” just dropped on Uncharted Magazine! I’m so excited to be part of this publication!
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9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View • Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a st…

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My story, "The Gin Drinker", appears in issue #73 of @umbrellafactory.bsky.social magazine. If you're a fan of Bukowski, bars, gin, poker, brawls, lowlifes, etc. then this story is for you.

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Give Your Story Oomph! with Narrative Drive Ever read a story before bed and find it so gripping that you stay up far later than you should just to find out what is going to happen? If so, you’ve been a “victim” of narrative drive.Narra…

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How to tell your story in four stages Telling a story requires taking your protagonist through a series of stages in which he resolves the central problem that set the tale in motion. Here’s a set of articles about those stages:• …

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12 Plot Pitfalls – And How to Rescue Your Story from Them • Shoo the rhinoceros out of your the room• Delete authorisms• Crack a joke – but only for a good reasonUnfortunately, a lot of novice writers don’t quite know when to inject humor into their ficti…

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11 Tips to Choosing the Right Point of View • What is point of view in a story? Every story has an angle or perspective from which it is told. This perspective is called point of view.• Heighten tension with consistent point of view Selectin…

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Nine ways to show a character’s personality Virtually infinite ways exist to show a character’s personality, but all should follow one simple, guiding principle: It must reveal and be grounded in the character’s motivations, that is, wh…

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Four writing prompts: Resistance Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from overcoming suppression. Here are four writing prompts for sto…

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How to Find Time to Write Your Next Book If you want to be a published writer, you’ll need to write regularly. After all, you can’t publish a novel, a short story or a how-to book if you haven’t finished it.That’s easier said than do…

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5 Tips for the Writing Process • Follow a “process” when writing your story• The “thinking step” when writing your book• Drafting: Write on paper or type on computer? • Draft rare…

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Great tips for placing photos in your ebook When formatting your ebook, photos are a must if you’ve written nonfiction. Pictures, maps and illustrations can add value to your book in a number of ways and unlike a paper book, won’t drive…

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Mastering Story Openings: Key Tips for Captivating Readers Unlock the secrets to captivating storytelling with tips on openings, point of view, and engaging readers from the first page.

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What is a scene and a vignette in fiction? A major division of a story is a scene, in which a dramatic action occurs, usually involving the same characters at a single locale. Stories typically consist of several scenes, all of which corres…

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Writing Prompt: Out-of-Place Character Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Place a person you know in …

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How to Finally Finish Your Languishing Novel Many writers have unfinished novels and short stories sitting on their hard drives or as printouts in a desk drawer. Often coming up with a story idea isn’t a problem, but finding the time or …

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Watch for consistency errors in your story As a novelist or short story writer, among your chief goals is to establish and maintain a fictional dream, which occurs when readers actually feel like they are experiencing what is being rea…

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LibraryThing sat down this month with author Lisa Unger / @lisaunger.bsky.social in order to discuss her new novel, "Served Him Right," a work of suspense that is due out from Park Row Books. #💙📚 #Booksky

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Four Writing Prompts: Wrongly Accused Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when someone who is innocent must prove so. Here are four writing …

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Your writing is a textual painting of the world Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

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Use Journaling to Develop Plots for Stories One good way to come up with plot ideas is to journal about your personal problem.While journaling about an issue is a worthy writing exercise simply for catharsis, modifying how you journal l…

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8 Tips to Make Your Writing More Vivid • Don’t leave reader in fog with vague descriptions• Use concrete details• Examples of “concrete details”• Use sensory details rather than internalized ones• Appeal to sense of so…

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Center on internal flaw for compelling story To make a story more compelling, consider structuring it around an internal flaw in the main character. An internal flaw is some personal trait that makes a character less than perfect – perha…

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When I Reach for My Pen, Nothing is Out of Reach The very act of writing is a testament that anything is possible.Writing brings reality to what we cannot now do: the technology to travel to other solar systems; use of magical potions to imm…

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Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams You dream of being a published author. Achieving that dream necessitates, of course, that you first have a novel, a short story, or a nonfiction book that can be published.Forget about editing, for…

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Ensure descriptive writing serves a purpose When creating your story’s setting or explaining what your characters are doing, you’ll need to use imagery. Imagery is necessary to move along the plot and to create tone. You even can c…

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