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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5 Terrific Ways to Market Your Book • Market your book with endorsementsWhen promoting your book, you always should have a website, send out press releases to bloggers and mainstream media, and arrange book readings/signings to ensur…

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I keep a document of ideas to expand on and develop. I'll work in that format until such a time as I move it into some kind of production.

The ideas in there range from a one-line elevator pitch to several pages of arcz characters and concept notes, clustered by genre.

How do you keep track of writing ideas that you haven’t written yet? I use Google Docs. That list never seems to get shorter 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity

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4 of the main 5 get completely clean bills of health.

Mary on the other hand is severely malnourished, and likely has a whole host of health problems attached to it.

Severe supplementation and whatever else it would be that doctors would prescribe such things follow.

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Doctor Visit!

Your character is in something like our modern world for their annual check-up!

What would a general doctor (or specialist in their species) diagnose, prescribe, or recommend for them?

Dietary changes? Medications?
Therapy?

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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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What do you think is better when it comes to #Horror? The mystery or the worldbuilding? When you're reading horror, do you like to know everything or feel it's better not to know anything at all?

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Turn Passive Passages into Active Writing So you’ve written a scene packed with action, ripe with conflict, and filled with tension – but every time you read it, the writing feels flat. The problem may be that you’re writing in passiv…

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Why did the guy in witness protection refuse to join the talent show?

He didn’t want anyone to recognize his juggling skills.

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Why did the cartoon go to its new studio?

It just moved in and wanted to make a scene.

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never the same but i think i want to start my next one with a fact about a place #writingq

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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5 Motivational Tips for Aspiring Authors • Don’t let personal turmoil stymie your writing• What ‘write what you know’ really means• Don’t fret about poor writing • A story is like a child – though it arises from us…

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8 Tips for Authors Making a Video A poorly-produced video for YouTube or your authors website actually can harm your book sales and business more than help it, so you want to put in the time to get it right. Learning the craft…

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I tend to start with the beginning and end and then, write to explain how things moved from the beginning state to the end state.

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Going to try to avoid April fools stuff. Life is silly enough these days isn’t it?

I will have an open-ended #writingQ sort of.

My Lich Character Demtre will answer any questions or requests for advice your characters want to ask her, all day. (Usefulness of advice may vary).

How do shopping carts find dates? 🛒❤️🛒

By brushing wheels while pretending not to notice.

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"I'm your waiter tonight.
Would you like to eat some cake?"

"No thanks, I'll drink it."

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He sang the national anthem cloudily, which is why the audience wore umbrellas. ☔️😜

I thought cloudily about my lunch until it started raining bananas. 🍌🤪

Reply with your silliest sentence.

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April Fool's Contest 🤪😜🤡🙃

Please use the word "cloudily" in a sentence.

The sillier the better.

Thanks to @drbonesmd.bsky.social for inspiration.

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Examples below! 👇

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. Se…

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8 Tips For Creating a Great Protagonist • Constructing your story’s main character• How to create a memorable protagonist• How NOT to create a protagonist• How to make your main character likable• Create main character that readers bond …

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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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Organ Music Won’t Create Suspense in Your Story Sometimes when attempting to create tension and suspense in a story, writers can undercut their own efforts by adding “organ music.” A term coined at the Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop, or…

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