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Fiction writing and character naming is so much fun. Here are a few writing resources that make naming characters easy too.
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Even memoirists occasionally have to reduce the number of different people by merging more than one real life person into one character. Delete the scoop?
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One of the stories I was coaching this week had this little wrinkle: the main character’s quest was interrupted by a flashback scene showing the hero as a boy delivering newspapers, falling off his bike and being laughed at by... Delete the scoop?
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Are you new to writing for kids? Before you begin writing, take a look at these cliche examples of story beginnings from Mary Kole's book. Delete the scoop?
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This is a guest post by Jon Gibbs, which was promoted from the Forums. More info on Forum promotion here. Delete the scoop?
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Strategies to Make You Finish That Bloody Novelio9Strategies to Make You Finish That Bloody Novel It's National Novel-Writing Month, which means you're starting a novel from scratch. Delete the scoop?
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Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Today she’s talking to us about the difference between dialog that is — mediocre, and dialog th... Delete the scoop?
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How to Write a Novel in a Month (The Easy Way! Delete the scoop?
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NaNoWriMo is upon us!
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Show, don't tell. We hear it all the time, but how can we incorporate it into our fiction writing? Write better descriptions with rich, engrossing details and imagery. Delete the scoop?
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That's the question over on The Verge: why is an ebook ever riddled with typos? It's an interesting point and one that must strike people as they stumble and stutter their way through something downloaded from Apple's iBooks or Amazon. Delete the scoop?
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5 Tips for Writing Historical Fiction. ... Throughout their talk, they shared these five handy tips for writers thinking about the genre. 1. Assemble a collection of art books from the period you are researching. Delete the scoop?
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1. Outline, outline, outline. I wrote ROYAL STREET front to back, beginning to end, with a lot of meandering in between. Said meandering bits got hacked through multiple revisions. Meandering wastes time. Delete the scoop?
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Letting your ideas flow freely and frequently – however irrelevant they may appear – is the key to productivity... Delete the scoop?
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How 'The Hobbit' movie reveals a vital writing secret that every fiction author should learn if they want to succeed.
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With the popularity of blogging and online journals, writers working in the online realm have a growing number of opportunities all the time to practice and refine their craft, and maybe even get paid for it. And if you're a writing major, why not take advantage of all the opportunities to get great free and open source resources that can help you to write, edit and organize your work? Here's a list of fifty open source tools that you can use to make your writing even better. Delete the scoop?
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Also known as, “The Attack of the Whopper Coincidences.” Or, “Four Plot Points and a Funeral.” Or, “Dancing with the Deus ex Machina.” A good story is very much like a romance. Not terms of genre – what you’re about... Delete the scoop?
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Writers who have never outlined often misunderstand it. It’s not formulaic — it gives you a strong, cohesive, well-paced narrative. It doesn’t constrain you from adding details later; rather, it helps you be more creative with details because you’ve already structured the story. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists take a great deal of pride in the Scientific Method, and not just because it’s a method named after them. The Method is the basis for their authority. Delete the scoop?
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What ballet is to football players, mathematics is to writers, a discipline so beguiling and foreign, so close to a taboo, that it actually attracts a few intrepid souls by virtue of its impregnability. Delete the scoop?
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This article discusses a few important tips on the subject of writing a novel. Delete the scoop?
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One element I find key while reading a script is a good character description. I noticed that in every strong script I've read, the mains characters were always introduced with some elements that would give them life and help ... Delete the scoop?
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Scary writing done well preys on human fear. These tips on writing technique—helpful for any genre—will help you scare your readers! Delete the scoop?
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Critically acclaimed and best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates discusses how to develop realistic characters, using examples from her novel The Gravedigger's Daughter. Delete the scoop?
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1.Outlining Your Novel exercise novel outline plan story structure writing LauraAnn... Delete the scoop?
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