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6 Tips to Become a Great Author
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? by Jordan Jolley ? Each author has different tactics of writing. Some authors will work from sunup to sundown while others may have part-time jobs. Some may have a deep love for historical fiction while another has a deep love for romance. Of course, one specific set of writing…
Taking Time For Your Writing…and the Guilt That Comes With It
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? by Lauren Sapala ? If you’re a writer—and especially if you’re a writer who isn’t bringing in a significant (or any) amount of income from your writing—then you probably struggle with feeling guilty a lot of the time. I know I do. Because you see, I’m not just a…
Editing Tip: Common Consistency Errors You Might Be Making
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? by Emily Nemchick ? When you check your own manuscript for errors, you are probably looking for misspelled words, dodgy grammar, and the inevitable typos. Those are all things you need to correct—but you should also be aware of pesky consistency errors that are commonplace in poorly edited manuscripts.…
3 Types of Conflict to Improve Your Story
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? by Ryan Lanz ? I love the show Survivor. I know, I know. It’s a guilty pleasure. I’m a bit of a junkie for the show. I’ve probably seen 90% of the episodes since it started 57 years ago (ish). May Jeff Probst never retire. I was wondering to…
Four Ways to Plan Showing Vs. Telling in Your Novel
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? by Andrea Lundgren ? As writers, we’ve been told over and over how it’s much better to show a reader something rather than tell them, and recently, I wrote about how one can use dance to show a character’s thoughts and how she changes. As a general rule, showing…
Here’s Why Pitching Isn’t as Scary as You Think
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? by Meg Dowell ? Pitching isn’t so bad. So you’ve reached that point in Writing Insanity Land. You’re ready to pitch article ideas to publications. Hurray! There’s just one problem … Pitching is scary. The first article I remember officially pitching was (of course) about NaNoWriMo. I wish I…
To Lie for Truth’s Sake: The Novelist’s Conundrum
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? by Richard Risemberg ? The job of a fiction writer is to lie. Still, if it were only to lie, you could dedicate yourself to advertising or politics instead and accept troubled sleep as the price for prosperity. But a fiction writer must lie to show truth, and that’s…
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