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Why Writers Like You Need To Know Their Key Event From Their First Plot Point - Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole, surrounded by clocks.
Writing
Robert Wood

Why Writers Like You Need To Know Their Key Event From Their First Plot Point

Inciting incident, key event, plot point… they’re useful terms for those who are comfortable with them, but more often than not, they’re treated as if they’re interchangeable. Sadly, these are terms that authors have treated pretty poorly over the years. They’ve swapped places, been used as synonyms, and eventually ended up as a homogeneous mass that

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“Start With The Action!” – What It Means And When You Should Do It - A cop and robber burst out of a book, mid-chase.
Writing
Hannah Collins

“Start With The Action!” – What It Means And When You Should Do It

If you’ve ever read an authors’ ‘How To’ book, attended a creative writing class or pretty much sought writing advice of any kind ever, you’re bound to have run into this phrase: ‘always start with the action’. It’s probably as ubiquitous as ‘show don’t tell’ and ‘do not, under any circumstances, use Comic Sans. EVER’.

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How Long Should Your Book Be? - An author stands by many stacks of paper.
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Hannah Collins

How Long Should Your Book Be? The Complete Guide

The ‘how long?’ question has to be one of the most commonly asked by new authors – perhaps even experienced ones, too. It was certainly one of the first to pass my lips when I met my editor to discuss my first children’s book. “What’s the age range?” she asked me when I broached the

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Save That Cat! The Easy Secret To Introducing A Hero - A hero runs from a burning building clutching a safe, but sooty, cat.
Writing
Robert Wood

Save That Cat! The Easy Secret To Introducing A Hero

How do you go about introducing a protagonist, let alone introducing a hero? First impressions are even more long-lasting in fiction than in real life, and your reader’s first experience with your protagonist is likely to define how they understand everything that comes after. That means it’s important to give a clear impression, guaranteeing you’re

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