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Sometimes, it pays to start with the problem, so here it is. When your writing is mostly concerned with abstract, high-minded concepts, it has the chance to better your reader – even the world – but it may also fail to connect with them on an emotional level. In contrast, when your writing is mostly concerned with concrete, everyday concerns, it can feel incredibly relatable, but it can also fail …
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If you’ve been following our blog closely (and if not, why not?), you’ll remember our recent post on using the Myers-Briggs personality types to build your characters and influence the decisions they make in your plot. Now, that’s all well and good, but Myers-Briggs is just one of dozens of personality tests designed to sort people into different groups or types. Far, far older than Myers-Briggs …
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Few writers working in today’s America are as well known and respected as Baltimore’s Anne Tyler. Celebrated for her humanistic, domestic, and gorgeously observed novels about Baltimore’s middle- and working-class families, Tyler is the kind of single-minded writer who has found her niche and writes it very, very well. Indeed, much of Tyler’s success as a novelist (she’s won a whole host of …
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Can writing be unhealthy? Under the wrong conditions, most things can, but what’s certain is that writing, even when performed with vigor, can still be unproductive. If you write purely for your own enjoyment, or you’re just building up your skills, that’s not a huge problem, but if your aim is to share your art with others, you need to know how to avoid the kind of writing that’ll keep you locked …
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We’ve talked before about how the Flesch–Kincaid readability tests provide unique, data-based feedback for writers. These tests are precise, but they aren’t terribly versatile. If we want to know more about our writing, and we’re tired of the same vague accolades we get from Reddit alpha-readers, we might want to stash a few more tools in our belts. The readability tools we’ll discuss today do …
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Way back in the mist-shrouded past (that is, 2014), we published ‘The Top Ten Books On Writing That’ll Make You A Better Writer.’ Well, to mark the five-year anniversary of that post, I’m here to offer five more books that I think will make even the most confident writer pause for thought. This article, and indeed the last one, come as responses to the fact that while writing advice is …
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