Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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4 days ago

How to Pen Engaging Dialogue for Your Story No doubt your story will include dialogue in which characters speak to one another. Unfortunately, too many beginning writers drag their story into a furrow of tedium by poorly handling dialog…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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6 days ago

Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off One way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off.The set-up is like the inciting incident. In addition to introducing the main character and the …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

A negative view of your writing abilities never will lead to a positive manuscript. When writing, do you ever find yourself asking, “What if nobody likes my book?”If you do, stop it! That’s really saying, “What if I don’t like my book?”After all, if you truly felt passionate not j…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

4 Great Tips to Beating Writer’s Block • Coming up with an opening line• Change the world• Take your story forward• Go down another road

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off One way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off.The set-up is like the inciting incident. In addition to introducing the main character and the …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 week ago

Create playlist to write your story by Create a “playlist” for your characters and story, selecting songs that help you get into your character’s frame of mind of the scene’s tone. Then play those songs as you write. Do you find th…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing • Avoid exposition (Show, don’t tell!)  Want to slow your story to a glacial grind and get readers to quit reading your story? Then load it with lots of exposition. Problems arising with expo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Five Great Quotations about Revising “My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.” – Anton Chekhov“I have w…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Writing Inspiration: Who are You? Being authentic requires that you be in touch with yourself. Ask yourself who you are (That is, how how do you define yourself?). What makes you happy? What are your passions (beyond writing, …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Five Great Quotations about Word Choice “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” – Mark Twain“One day I will find the right words, and they will …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Five Great Quotations about Word Choice “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” – Mark Twain“One day I will find the right words, and they will …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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2 weeks ago

Five Great Quotations about Writer’s Block “There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” – Terry Pratchett“Authors with a mortgage never get writer’s blo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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2 weeks ago

How to Make Dialogue Sound Realistic Since dialogue in fiction is contrived, a challenge facing authors is to find ways to make it sound realistic. Try these techniques:• Pay attention to speech rhythms – Read the dialo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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2 weeks ago

Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off One way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off.The set-up is like the inciting incident. In addition to introducing the main character and the …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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3 weeks ago

Three Alternatives for Your Story’s Climax At the climax of a story, the main character typically overcomes the problem that he spent much of the tale attempting to resolve. For example, if the story was about a treasure hunter obtaini…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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3 weeks ago

How to create a memorable protagonist Often the secret to writing a good story is to create a memorable protagonist. After all, usually the most relatable element of a book for readers are the characters. Readers will see something in …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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3 weeks ago

Writing inspiration: Model a story Modeling the stories (or chapters) of a favorite author forces you to think about how a story is structured and the characters developed, making writing of your own stories easier later on. Select …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off One way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off.The set-up is like the inciting incident. In addition to introducing the main character and the …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing • Avoid exposition (Show, don’t tell!)  Want to slow your story to a glacial grind and get readers to quit reading your story? Then load it with lots of exposition. Problems arising with expo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

How to create a memorable protagonist Often the secret to writing a good story is to create a memorable protagonist. After all, usually the most relatable element of a book for readers are the characters. Readers will see something in …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

Writing Inspiration: Who are you? Being authentic requires that you be in touch with yourself. Ask yourself who you are (That is, how how do you define yourself?). What makes you happy? What are your passions (beyond writing, …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

How to Make Dialogue Sound Realistic Since dialogue in fiction is contrived, a challenge facing authors is to find ways to make it sound realistic. Try these techniques:• Pay attention to speech rhythms – Read the dialo…

#WritingQ #writethestory #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing • Avoid exposition (Show, don’t tell!)  Want to slow your story to a glacial grind and get readers to quit reading your story? Then load it with lots of exposition. Problems arising with expo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

How to Make Dialogue Sound Realistic Since dialogue in fiction is contrived, a challenge facing authors is to find ways to make it sound realistic. Try these techniques:• Pay attention to speech rhythms – Read the dialo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

How to Make Dialogue Sound Realistic Since dialogue in fiction is contrived, a challenge facing authors is to find ways to make it sound realistic. Try these techniques:• Pay attention to speech rhythms – Read the dialo…

#WritingQ #writethestory #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

How to Pen Engaging Dialogue for Your Story No doubt your story will include dialogue in which characters speak to one another. Unfortunately, too many beginning writers drag their story into a furrow of tedium by poorly handling dialog…

#shortstories #writerslift #writerslunch #writerssupportingwriters #writethestory inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

Create playlist to write your story by Create a “playlist” for your characters and story, selecting songs that help you get into your character’s frame of mind of the scene’s tone. Then play those songs as you write. Do you find th…

#WritingQ #writethestory #writing #writingadvice #writinglife inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

A negative view of your writing abilities never will lead to a positive manuscript. When writing, do you ever find yourself asking, “What if nobody likes my book?”If you do, stop it! That’s really saying, “What if I don’t like my book?”After all, if you truly felt passionate not j…

#WritingQ #writethestory #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

4 Great Tips to Beating Writer’s Block • Coming up with an opening line• Change the world• Take your story forward• Go down another road

#writingq #writethestory #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersblock inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 month ago

Think of Plot as Set-up, Build-up, Pay-off One way to think of a story’s plot is in three parts – the set-up, the build-up and the pay-off.The set-up is like the inciting incident. In addition to introducing the main character and the …

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