Start your story in middle to increase suspense An old but apt writing adage goes “Start your story in the middle.” That is, rather than give background information about how the story’s main conflict came to be, instead start it by droppin…

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‘Fast forward’ to keep your story moving Despite the mantra of “show don’t tell,” sometimes when telling a story, you’ll need to use exposition. A good example of this is when one character must catch up another on what has occurred. Thou…

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3 Tips on Writing Your Story’s Climactic Scene Click the title for a link to the full article: • Write your story’s penultimate scene  In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so …

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Does your dialogue feel unnatural? Does it sound boring? Filler words and other non-essential words can bog down your writing and make it feel clunky.
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7 Tips for Writing Dialogue in Fiction For the full article, click the linked title: • Place ‘said’ after speaker’s name Does placing said before or after attribution – as in Thales said or said Thales – matter? The an…

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Show Rather than Tell a Character’s Personality All too often, novice writers make the mistake of telling us a character’s personality, as in Jane was sweet and elegant yet suffered from a penchant for dangerous adventures. Rather than…

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‘Fast forward’ to keep your story moving Despite the mantra of “show don’t tell,” sometimes when telling a story, you’ll need to use exposition. A good example of this is when one character must catch up another on what has occurred. Thou…

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Best outcome: Ensure vs. Assure vs. Insure If there’s one thing for certain, and let me dispel any doubts you may have about it – in fact, I’d even take out a policy knowing I’d get paid out – it’s that someone will mix up these three words…

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Delete nulls from your novel, short story Sometimes the only purpose of a story’s sentence is to say that nothing happened. Such sentences are called “nulls”. An example would be the sentence “He said nothing.” Fortunately, nulls are easy …

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7 Tips on Creating Conflict in Your Story Conflict is the core of any novel or short story, setting the tale in motion and sustaining it until the main character resolves the issue. Here are seven great tips about creating conflict in your…

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7 Tips on Creating Conflict in Your Story Conflict is the core of any novel or short story, setting the tale in motion and sustaining it until the main character resolves the issue. Here are seven great tips about creating conflict in your…

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7 Tips for Writing Story Characters • What are your characters’ motivations? • Do your characters’ actions arise from their needs? • Downgrade your minor characters Not all characters in…

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5 Tips on Creating Suspense in Your Story • How to create suspense in your fiction story • Use pacing to maintain sense of tension in story• Add ticking clock to create sense of urgency • Add reaction shots to heighten dramatic tension• Or…

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Fix scene by employing black box analysis One question a number of writers have when editing their novel or short story is if a scene succeeds or not. Sometimes they feel the scene lacks importance, yet they hesitate to cut or revise …

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‘Fast forward’ to keep your story moving Despite the mantra of “show don’t tell,” sometimes when telling a story, you’ll need to use exposition. A good example of this is when one character must catch up another on what has occurred. Thou…

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7 Tips for Writing Story Characters • What are your characters’ motivations? • Do your characters’ actions arise from their needs? • Downgrade your minor characters Not all characters in…

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5 Tips on Creating Suspense in Your Story • How to create suspense in your fiction story • Use pacing to maintain sense of tension in story• Add ticking clock to create sense of urgency • Add reaction shots to heighten dramatic tension• Or…

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7 Tips for Writing Dialogue in Fiction For the full article, click the linked title: • Place ‘said’ after speaker’s name Does placing said before or after attribution – as in Thales said or said Thales – matter? The an…

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‘Fast forward’ to keep your story moving Despite the mantra of “show don’t tell,” sometimes when telling a story, you’ll need to use exposition. A good example of this is when one character must catch up another on what has occurred. Thou…

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The difference between Accent vs. Ascent vs. Assent Similar spellings, comparable and even identical pronunciations…no wonder there’s confusion among writers about these three words.Accent usually is a noun that means a distinct style of speak…

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Delete nulls from your novel, short story Sometimes the only purpose of a story’s sentence is to say that nothing happened. Such sentences are called “nulls”. An example would be the sentence “He said nothing.” Fortunately, nulls are easy …

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One of the fastest ways to improve your book: read it out loud. You’ll instantly hear awkward sentences, pacing issues, and dialogue that doesn’t feel natural.
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Utilize Chekhov’s gun to make plot work You’ve probably read at least one story in which upon reading their climax in which the hero uses some object to help him achieve victory, thought to yourself, “How convenient that it was ther…

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3 Tips on Writing Your Story’s Climactic Scene Click the title for a link to the full article: • Write your story’s penultimate scene  In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so …

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7 Tips on Creating Conflict in Your Story Conflict is the core of any novel or short story, setting the tale in motion and sustaining it until the main character resolves the issue. Here are seven great tips about creating conflict in your…

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5 Great Tricks for Using MS Word’s Track Changes If self-publishing, odds are you’re writing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and probably even formatting it using that software. You’ll likely use Word’s Track Changes function …

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Thinking up a title that sells your nonfiction book With nonfiction books, you’ll want to select a title that helps rather than hinders sales. A good title ensures that your book will be easy to find as it pops up in search engine queries; a bad tit…

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How to self-edit and revise your fiction story Rarely does a writer create the perfect first draft. Usually several drafts are needed to get close to what the writer envisioned upon committing the story’s first word to paper or computer me…

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