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50 Great Details For the Setting Of Your Victorian Novel…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
From Bryn Donovan’s site Creating a convincing setting in a story, or a sense of time and place, helps readers escape to a whole new dimension. There are a lot of articles out there with advice on how to research a historical novel, and different…
EDITING 101: 24 – Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles Editors frequently correct both of these, but one is actually ok to use, while…
Three Tips For Writing Humor by Phillip T. Stephens
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Three tips for writing humor An often told proverb claims, “dying is easy, comedy is hard.” Writers struggling to write comedy find it equally apropos. Novice writers who want to add a comic flair to their prose, especially fiction, often read the prose of accomplished comic writers and wonder,…
Understanding SEO – Necessary Skills for An Author’s Virtual Life #h2e
Originally posted on How To Ebook:
Our thanks to consultant Lisa Wheatly for this guest contribution. The virtual life is so widely spread that attracting visitors has become a really tough challenge for today’s website and blog owners.?Statistics?say that the number of websites online has now crossed 1 billion and grows by the minute. This…
4 Ideas for Ending Book Chapters So Readers Will Kill to Know What Happens Next
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
A great article by Jack London on Helping Writers become Authors site: Good book chapters are like bad treasure maps. They will lure you in. They will lead you through uncharted territory. Yet, at the end, they will not yield the treasure—they will just make…
Emotional Beats: Eyes
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, feat… Source: Emotional Beats: Eyes
How to Recognise a Thriller
Originally posted on Toni Pike:
I was delighted to have an article published on Chris the Story Reading Ape’s Blog about the characteristics of a thriller. You can read more here: How to Recognise a Thriller ? ?
How to Evaluate a Publishing Contest…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
A few reminders by Susan Spann on Writer Unboxed site: Contests can be a great way for authors to get professional critiques, or get published, but contests also offer scammers and vanity presses a chance to take advantage of unwary writers. So … beware! Before…
Finding Funding: Writing in a Kickstarter World
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Readers and writers are living in a crowdfunded world. Where once publishers oversaw which books came into print now writers just need to convince potential readers to support them. Writers suddenly have more opportunities, but they are restricted by the market as well. Kickstarter is one of the largest venues…
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