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The question I’m most often asked by authors intending to self-publish is, ‘How do I print my book?’ Enter PoD: print on demand. It’s the preferred option for self-publishing authors for many reasons, but the one you probably care about most is cost. The PoD model doesn’t require retailers to stock inventory, which means you don’t pay for a thousand copies of your book to be printed and stored …
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In realist writing, villains need to be at least a little relatable (a little sympathetic) in order to be believable. Not all villains have to be sympathetic, of course. Uni-faceted villains can still fill a strong role in the more imaginative or allegorical genres. For instance, we wouldn’t enjoy Edmond Dantès’ epic revenge if Mondego and company were decent chaps who made a few bad choices. But …
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Kate Bernheimer is like fiction’s knight errant, on a mission to rescue fairy tales from the tall, dark tower where they’ve been locked away with other vestiges of childhood – like optimism and the color pink. Bernheimer’s writing style is magical and her modern fairy tales are understandably popular, but the average writer may think they don’t have much to learn from her unless they’re trying …
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Though many know her for her dramatic suicide, Virginia Woolf was a champion of literary modernism who adapted the close psychological approach favored by Russian novelists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, pioneering stream-of-consciousness narration that she married with a superb sense of style, restraint, and inimitable observational chops. As you might expect, there’s a …
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Naming characters is a mercurial task. Sometimes, characters arrive in your mind wearing a name badge. Sometimes, their name is so hidden that you get the impression they’re only joining your story to lay low. Generally, experimentation is the answer, but I’m not here today to give you tips on where to find names. That’s something we covered in The Definitive Guide To Naming Your Characters, …
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Empathetic writing is one of the most powerful tools a writer can employ, crafting a world and a cast of characters who evoke genuine emotion. Of course, emotion is a delicate thing, and it’s important that as you pursue empathetic writing, you’re also considering humane storytelling. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be exploring how authors can write more empathetically and how, in doing so, …
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