7 Insanely Good Dialogue Tips From A Book Editor For the full article, click the linked title:• Mastering the fine art of dialogue punctuation Many novice writers use punctuation marks haphazardly in their dialogue. The problem is they haven’t ye…

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"Nuts and Bolts: “Thought” Verbs" by Chuck Palahniuk via @Litreactor #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips litreactor.com/essays/chuck...“thought”-verbs

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Again, research.

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Red Pens 101 comes out THIS WEDNESDAY! 😱🥳

Have a bit of a sneak peek at one of the brand new topics I cover in it, determiners! They're words we hardly think about, but they do so much important work.

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How To Identify And Fix All The Places Where Telling - Or Exposition - Rears Up In Your Writing #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/194887234X

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Sketch Your Paperback Cover Before Building It The next step in the paperback cover design is to sketch what your cover will look like. This is your cover’s blueprint. Creating a sketch to follow as you gather the materials needed to bring…

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How to Create Your Story's Characters #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872404

Avoid committing runaround error in story Sometimes novice authors write scenes that are fun and action-packed but simply don’t contribute anything to the story. These parts of the tale are called runarounds and are best avoided.A goo…

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How does the weather and temperature make the character feel? Describe the dormant trees and the desolate whiteness, throw a few sounds in for added effect.

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Appeal to sense of taste in descriptions Of the five senses, taste is the rarest in stories. The reason is that we’re not eating, drinking, smoking or falling face-first into the dirt as frequently as we are seeing, hearing and smell…

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Clear out the clutter around your verbs A first draft is very hard to write, and sometimes you just need to get words on the page in all their glorious messiness. But when it comes time to revise, you’ll need to polish things up so they read smoothly. One crucial area of focus: your verbs. Verbs are the cornerstone of novels. When […]

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always work hard on your first chapter. first chapter sets reader expectations. lay the hook!

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Author Feature Ellie Zi Dong Five things I wish I knew about querying. Read now on substack

Ellie Zi Dong Five things I wish I knew about querying "So many stars have to align for an author to get published—succeeding in traditional publishing is one part talent, one part perseverance, and two parts luck. Which is to say, the quality of your writing is important, but it is unfortunately not the end all be all."

Check out our next author feature with Ellie Zi Dong!

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Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction What exactly is a perfect murder? It’s a phrase that gets tossed around a lot (well, maybe only by me), and my sense is that a perfect murder is when the murder itself is unsolvable, maybe even und…

"Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction" by Peter Swanson @PeterSwanson3 via @CrimeReads #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcrime

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Writing Advice: 8 Tips For New Fiction Authors • Should you ever co-write your book? Sometimes you come up with a great story idea with another person. Or your discussions and critiques of one another’s works are inspiring. So you decide to co-…

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Not all writing happens with pen and paper 🎙️🎧

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Should you write a happy or an unhappy ending? When writing the climax your story, you’ll need to decide if the ending will be happy or unhappy.In a happy ending, the main character solves the story’s problems by restoring the status quo that t…

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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

Companion books share a world — not a plot.
New protagonist. New arc. Same universe.
They expand a story without retelling it.

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Avoid writing concealed identity story One kind of plot you should avoid is the concealed identity story. This involves keeping the main character’s identity or true nature secret until the end of the story, often the last line. Sometim…

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