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Challenges to a consistent writing practice abound. There’s not enough time, you’ve hit writer’s block, your to-do list keeps getting filled with last-minute items; the list goes on and on. One of the most common challenges writers face is not having a dedicated writing space. Trying to fit writing …
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Any author worth their salt will tell you that to be a great writer you must also be a varied and voracious reader. In fact, here’s one doing exactly that. If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King It’s great advice, but it’s …
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Food is one of those little things writers tend to forget about. After all, you want to focus on the aspects of your novel that push the plot forward – the seething contest of wits in the drawing room, the raging battle on Raynar VI, the primeval old one stirring beneath the waves – not on the cream …
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Sitting down to knock out a 140,000 word novel can be a daunting task. That blank page stares back at you, the emptiness only emphasized by the impatient flashing of the type tool. But, once you get stuck in, the words usually start to flow easily, and that word counter gets higher and higher, …
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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 …
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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 …
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