Editing

Want A Cult Following? Hide Secrets In Your Writing - An author walks along, sensing terrifying characters hidden behind bushes,
Marketing
Robert Wood

Want A Cult Following? Hide Secrets In Your Writing

Nothing gets a reader to love a book quite so much as getting them to engage with it. Passive readers experience a story and move on, but engaged readers mull over the plot, theorize about character motivations, and fantasize about paths not taken (sometimes enough to write them), all while the years go by and

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Why Head-Hopping Hurts Your Writing And How To Avoid It - An author leaps the gap between two characters' heads.
Writing
Paige Duke

Why Head-Hopping Hurts Your Writing And How To Avoid It

Have you ever been pulled over by the grammar police for head-hopping? It’s one of the most common editor pet peeves, but a device many authors swear by, claiming that their readers certainly aren’t complaining. Maybe not, but I’d still advise against it, and in this article, I’ll be telling you why. First, though, we

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Are You Sabotaging Your Own Success? Here's How To Stop - An author reaches for their goal, pretending not to notice the weight tied to their leg.
Publishing
Robert Wood

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Success? Here’s How To Stop

I have a question for you. It’s one you may not have asked yourself, but it’s important, and it may reveal the exact reason why you haven’t achieved success yet. It could tell you why you can’t quite finish that first draft, why you haven’t got around to editing or redrafting, or why there isn’t

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Pathos Is Not A Dirty Word, And It Belongs In A Writer's Vocabulary - A character looks at a girl's dropped ice cream, tears in their eyes.
Writing
Fred Johnson

Pathos Is Not A Dirty Word, And It Belongs In A Writer’s Vocabulary

Pathos is down on its luck these days; appeals to emotion are bound up in reasonable fears of ‘post-truth’ and ‘populist’ writing, but I’m here to tell you that intelligent use of pathos can make your fiction better. Now, pathos certainly has its dark side. Many of the TV, radio, and internet adverts we’re bombarded

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