Everything you can imagine is real. ~ Pablo Picasso

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Avoid Plot Error of Reader Cheating in Your Story Sometimes authors, in the mistaken belief that they are creating a more exciting story, commit the error of reader cheating.This occurs when the reader has no reasonable opportunity to anticip…

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Benefits, pitfalls of flat characters When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. Its opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the…

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What is "authorial voice"?  #literaryagent Kathleen Foxx and I had a terrific discussion about it on the #storynerd podcast. Check it out! STORYNERD.CA #writingadvice #podcastsforwriters #aspiringwriter

Are you starting your story in the right place? #literaryagent Kathleen Foxx explains why sometimes it's necessary to rewrite the opening chapters of a novel. It's all on the #storynerd podcast! STORYNERD.CA  #writingtips #aspiringwriter #podcastsforwriters

Last Step in Writing: Place Book in Final Form Generally when putting together a book or any other publication, writers follow a process that typically includes brainstorming (coming up with the story idea), outlining, writing a first draft, an…

Last step in writing: Place book in final form
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Consider sending your protagonist on an initiation Among the most important events in our lives are various rites of passage – confirmation, high school graduation, drinking for the first time, obtaining a driver’s license, marriage, firstborn…

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Which of these lines is the most darkly romantic?

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Give Readers Sleepless Nights with Narrative Drive Ever read 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.Narrati…

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Include clever in-jokes by tuckerizing One way of rewarding the careful reader is by tuckerizing. This involves naming secondary characters or offstage icons after people or objects many readers would recognize as a sort of in-joke.For …

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Writing Inspiration: Writing is My Way of Life “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ― Ray Bradbury, “Zen in the Art of Writing”Hopefully, you’ve spent some time now reading and internalizing the writing affi…

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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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Zip Two Disparate Stories into One Tale Rather than follow a lone main character through every chapter of a short story or novel, your tale might follow the experiences of two main characters or of two groups of principal characters…

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Give Readers Sleepless Nights with Narrative Drive Ever read 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.Narrati…

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Had writers block, wrote a 2k piece of a random scene that has no consequence to my current narrative!

How do you combat writers block or any creative block?

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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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Heights A glimpse of The Traveler

In case if anyone was curious about my upcoming novel, here's a little sneak peek!
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Zip Two Disparate Stories into One Tale Rather than follow a lone main character through every chapter of a short story or novel, your tale might follow the experiences of two main characters or of two groups of principal characters…

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Consider Structuring Story with ‘Plot Inversion’ Several variations of a standard plot (inciting incident-rising action-climax-falling action-denouement) exist in storytelling. One you might use is called a plot inversion. This type of story…

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Give Readers Sleepless Nights with Narrative Drive Ever read 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.Narrati…

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Im starting to be a baddie and show my progress on writing.

What are you working on today?

Words written today: 1329!

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Include clever in-jokes by tuckerizing One way of rewarding the careful reader is by tuckerizing. This involves naming secondary characters or offstage icons after people or objects many readers would recognize as a sort of in-joke.For …

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Screenwriters give your honest thoughts on this premise

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Incorporate Man vs. Man Conflict into Your Story When developing your story, you’ll want your characters to face a number of challenges or conflicts. One of the most basic of them is man vs. man. In this conflict, the main character finds his goa…

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Does your book cover design matter for ebooks? Does book cover design matter for an ebook?Absolutely!Human beings are visual animals. Images at first glance always are more powerful than words. That’s why most businesses use logos. When their n…

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Writing Inspiration: When are you creative? When are you most creative and most productive as a writer? Write a description of that place, noting the time of day, which of your senses are appealed to during that span, if you use pen and pape…

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Consider Structuring Story with ‘Plot Inversion’ Several variations of a standard plot (inciting incident-rising action-climax-falling action-denouement) exist in storytelling. One you might use is called a plot inversion. This type of story…

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Five Great Quotations about What is a Writer “Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it.” – John Green“A writer …

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Consider Structuring Story with ‘Plot Inversion’ Several variations of a standard plot (inciting incident-rising action-climax-falling action-denouement) exist in storytelling. One you might use is called a plot inversion. This type of story…

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