Add hashtags to your social media posts Among the best ways to increase your social media visibility is to use hashtags. This involves adding a pound sign (aka as a crosshatch or a tic-tac-toe sign) before a keyword in your post or …

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Every moment offers a great opportunity to write A passionate writer never can be bored. Every location and situation offers an opportunity to write.Writing is largely an internal, in-your-head activity, after all. It involves your imaginati…

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9 Things to Know Before Writing Nonfiction Books • Sales advantages of writing nonfiction booksIf only from a sales perspective, nonfiction books tend to garner more sales than novels. According to a recent Gallup poll, 46 percent of Americans ha…

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How to establish your own writer’s voice Ever notice how you can identify some writers by the way they write? That’s because they have a distinct voice.Each writer sounds unique because each of has our own world view. Someone who is …

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Be a better writer by empowering your reader When you empower your reader, you become a better writer.To empower your reader means respecting his intelligence. You don’t need to explain what was just obviously said in the dialogue or to …

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The board is set. The horned one is… honestly looking a little too confident.

Insert Story Here, you know you want to! We want to see what you can come up with.

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Express your gratitude by continuing to write! To stop writing is to deny all who helped you become a better writer.No one improves without the support of another. There were the teachers who taught you to read and write. There were the pa…

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Write end of chapter summary in nonfiction books When writing a nonfiction book, novice authors often omit a key element: a summary at the end of each chapter.Usually chapters come packed with information that prove more than a reader can remembe…

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Top 5 Habits All Writers Should Possess Despite widely varying writing styles, almost all writers share several common habits that help ensure their success.Drawing upon my experience working as an editor with hundreds of authors an…

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Keep research notes for your book organized If you’ve adequately researched your nonfiction book, then you probably have so many notes that organizing them is a must. Unless you do so, the writing of your first draft won’t go smoothly.The be…

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So Long as I Write, I’ll Never Truly Be Gone What people from history can you name? Shakespeare? Julius Caesar? George Washington? Jesus? Galileo?The names likely fall into one of four categories – famous generals/political leaders (in m…

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7 Great Tips on Writing Your Nonfiction Book • How to structure your nonfiction book• Create a basic outline for your nonfiction book• Forewords, prefaces and introductions Before your actual book begins – particularly if writing nonfiction –…

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What are Examples of ‘Concrete Details’? Q: A beta reader for my manuscript wrote on it that I need more “concrete details.” What did she mean?Concrete details appeal to our five senses. All of us live in a world in which we constant…

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Place ‘said’ after speaker’s name Does placing said before or after attribution – as in Thales said or said Thales – matter?The answer in large part depends upon how it sounds in particular sentence. Given that, how a reader respon…

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True storytellers rarely label themselves as such, while many who are not naturally storytellers now aspire to be, simply because it has become trendy.

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Avoid reader confusion by anchoring story Readers beginning a story need to know where and when the tale occurs. This establishment of the story’s place and time in the first few paragraphs of the story sometimes is referred to as anchorin…

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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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Behind the Scenes – The Rituals That Hold My Life Together Discover how intentional rituals can anchor your identity abroad.

That feeling when Sunday comes and you know your family is at the table — and you're not.
Every expat knows it. And every expat finds their own way through it.
Mine? Rituals.
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Strengthen writing by replacing adverbs Adverbs are words that typically describe a verb (Though they also can describe adjectives and other adverbs, which can be a real symptom of a bloated passage.). For example, in the sentence “…

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(Music Playlist) A digital screenshot of a music play queue on a dark plum-colored background. The list features seven tracks: "Every Heartbeat" by Lori Carson, "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen, "We Belong" by Pat Benatar, "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, a live version of "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel, a rare recording of "Fire" by Bruce Springsteen, and "To Sir with Love" by 10,000 Maniacs. Each entry includes a small square album cover or video thumbnail to the left and a "drag" icon of two horizontal lines to the right.

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The perfect duo for a quiet Friday: a storyteller-heavy queue and some colorful flower to match the mood. From Lori Carson to Springsteen, the rhythm is set and the vibe is grounded. 🎵🌿
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11 Must-Have Elements of Your Story’s Opening As you write and edit your story’s opening lines, make sure they achieve the following:Use a Great Opening HookEstablish both conflict and mood in the very first sentence; focusing on conflict…

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Indie Authors: 5 Ways to Sell More Books This Year • Get your book before potential buyers’ eyes• Give away valuable content to sell books• Utilize online storefronts to promote your book• Sell books by posting at high-traffic blogs• Sell your book…

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Participate in the Writing Challenge of the month and win prizes writing Write about your favorite movie topics, compete in the challenge and win prizes in our film community. Every month the challenges and themes are renewed.

✨ April Writing Challenges are here ✨

This month, we’re exploring stories that stay with us, challenge us, and take us somewhere unexpected.

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Keep research notes for your book organized If you’ve adequately researched your nonfiction book, then you probably have so many notes that organizing them is a must. Unless you do so, the writing of your first draft won’t go smoothly.The be…

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Should you always follow ‘rules’ of writing? Show don’t tellUse active voiceTell the story in present tenseAs a writer, you’ve probably heard these and a thousand other “rules” about writing. As an editor, I’ve certainly advised them as well.…

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