What is the Best Point of View to Use in Fiction?
Benefits and Drawbacks of Each POV As a beginning writer who chose to write my first book in first-person narrative, I discovered the drawbacks of such an approach the hard way. Halfway through…
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World Building – Information Dumps in Your Story
Are You Overwhelming Your Readers? Have you ever run across a prologue like this: (usually in sci-fi books) Captain Briggs took the helm and began shouting orders. “Ensign, optimize the traspositional filtration valves…
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Sentence Fragments – Stylistic Choice?
Should I use sentence fragments in my novel? Is it bad writing or style? Sentence fragments. Who cares? You? Me? Anyone? Depends. Writing nonfiction? Probably wouldn’t. Work, that is. Writing fiction? Could be….
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Rewriting and Revising Before You Edit
How Many Manuscript Drafts Should You Go Through? When working on a book of any kind, if you haven’t gone through a minimum of three drafts, you probably don’t have a finished product….
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How to Write Your Book
What’s the Best Way to Write a Book? There are as many answers to that questions as there are authors. And while no answer is inherently better than another, a few examples should…
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Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part 3
Engage Your Characters in Their Setting When you’re characters interact through dialogue, make them interact as well with their surroundings. There should be a continual interplay of character and setting. Examine your dialogue…
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Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part 2
The Three S’s – Scene, Setting, and Senses Stories don’t occur in a bubble. They have to be set in a real and believable place. And what makes a scene or setting, is…
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How to Write a Song – Part 3
IMAGERY IN SONG WRITING – Songwriters use flowery or descriptive imagery in place of the actual things they describe. Think Bob Seger in “Like a Rock”, Or Poison’s “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”,…
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How to Write a Song – Part 2
HOW TO WRITE A SONG – PART 2 – LYRICS AND THEME When writing lyrics, the first rule is never to take yourself too seriously. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking all…
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Avoiding Cliches
This one’s a tough nut to crack. Avoiding cliches is like avoiding headaches. We’d all love to, but there’s no way we’ll ever completely avoid them. With hundreds of cliches, they’re as thick…
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Ten Super Awesome Ideas to Reach Your Writing Goals
Having trouble getting motivated to write? You’re not alone. Many writers struggle with keeping up the motivation. What you often need to keep up that motivation is keep a steady momentum with daily…
