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You Need To Be A Good File Manager To Secure Your Manuscript – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: How to use a file manager to protect your precious manuscript Don’t trust technology! If you are writing a book, you should never use one working copy of your manuscript file. Computer files can suffer from all sorts of problems such…
How to Keep Up With the Details in Your Manuscript
Originally posted on COW PASTURE CHRONICLES:
As I’ve said before, writing “The End” on the first draft is only the beginning of your work on the road to publication. One of the things I discovered, immediately after completing a 77,000 + word draft, is keeping up with the details, even with Scrivener, seems like a monumental…
3 Types of Conflict to Improve Your Story
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? 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…
How to Write a Young Adult Novel – by The Magic Violinist…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Write Practice: Young adult novels have never been more popular. It started with the rise of Harry Potterand continued with hits like The Fault in Our Stars, The Hunger Games, and Divergent. Have you ever wondered how to write a young adult novel?…
Four Ways to Plan Showing Vs. Telling in Your Novel
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? 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…
Ten Powerful Tips On How to Write Seductive Headlines – by Lisa Brown…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: Writing an article is challenging, but drawing in readers to actually reading what you have written is another. One needs to be careful with what you put out into the world as a writer because it will forever be attached to…
Make Your Writing Anxiety Disappear By Thinking Small – by Jane Anne Staw…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Jane Friedman site: In college, I struggled mightily with writer’s block, although I didn’t know it at the time. I thought I was just a lousy writer. All my professors told me so: “Too bad you’re such a poor writer,” one professor wrote on…
Here’s Why Pitching Isn’t as Scary as You Think
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? 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…
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