On Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Know your Characters Sometimes, when you get an idea for a story you just want to dive in and start writing without doing any…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Focus on the Narrative Improve your author voice by watching movies. Movies cram as much narrative, spoken and unspoken, into a frame as possible.…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Comparisons When writing, you want to make sure you give the best description you possibly can while avoiding the use of double comparisons. Example:…
Read moreOn Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Tip – Educate Yourself Writers sometimes overlook the importance of being knowledgeable on many different topics. Your characters are not all going to have the same interests…
Read moreOn Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Clearing Your Thoughts from Distractions At times, typing your novel on your computer can prove difficult with all of the distractions: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest,…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Using the Right Adjective Gusty, smoky, gray, mist-like. … Adjectives are our means of capturing the look, sound and feel of something. We use…
Read moreOn Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Tip – Using the Semicolon Don’t be afraid to utilize the dreaded semicolon in your writing. Sometimes, you’ll need to link complex sentences together, perhaps with an…
Read moreOn Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Changing Perspective Walk around the block or hike a new trail. Absorb your surroundings. Stop, turn around and look back, observing where you have…
Read moreOn Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Cut, Cut, Cut Writers often fall in love with their words and phrases. Cutting your work down can feel like you are removing your…
Read moreOn Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Write a Draft While you write, remember that your manuscript is only finished when you decide it is. Don’t feel pressure to write perfectly…
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