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Mark’s 10 (11) Tips For Story Writing

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Hello folks,
Mark Anthony Tierno here again, author of Maldene. and proud member of the World Famous TSRA Authors Hall of Fame

This time, though, I’ve decided to share a few of my writing tips, and since everyone has their own Top 10 list, I’ve come up with mine… only it seems to have come out to eleven, but with a very good reason. At any rate, be it novel or short story, I’ve found over the years that these tips I’ve developed can help a lot. So on with the list.

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1) Turn off the Grammar Checker. Leave on the spell checker, by all means, but for dialogue especially, the grammar checker is useless. No real-life character talks like they just came out of Yale. And if you’re doing accents then your spell checker WILL be bugging you. Ignore it.

2) Use a database for keeping track…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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