Category: Writing Tips and Tool
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How to Choose a Main Character to Tell your Story
Have a story in mind but not quite sure about the voice of the text? Worried about possibly offending a particular subset of your readership or an entire community? We’ll explore how to choose your main character and not lose the heart of your story or your audience. If you’ve asked yourself the above questions,…
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Exercises to Prevent Writer’s Block and Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
When the process of writing starts to feel dull, insignificant, and tedious, you may have hit a slump. You keep writing words and words and feel like you’re getting nowhere. Instead of falling into a potential writer’s block, here we introduce ways develop your story that don’t involve drafting. Does your writing sound bland and…
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How to Make My Novel Shorter: Guide for the Over-Writer
Do you wonder how to cut through the fluff of your novel to get to the meat of the story? Do you feel like you’re writing and writing and the story’s not getting anywhere? You may be an over-writer. Below we’ll look at tips to cutting down the word count and improving overall storytell-a-bility! Readers…
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4 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
Today we’re talking about one of the most common literary illnesses: Writer’s block. Learn the tips and tricks to get back to writing your story! Do you have writer’s block? Symptoms include lack of motivation. Starting at a blank page. Foggy brain. Random desire to clean the house rather than work on your draft. Yep,…
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How Do I Make My Novel Longer? : A Guide for Under-Writers
Plotter versus pantser is the tale as old as time. But what about over-writers versus under-writers? Today we’ll take a look at how to up your game as an under-writer! As a writer, you’ve probably googled “How long should my novel be?”. The answers vary from site to site but ranges can be found to…
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What is Passive Voice and How to Avoid It
Many writers and editors stress the importance of avoiding passive voice in your novel, but what is it? Today we’ll explore the answer to this question and ways to avoid it! If you partake in any discourse on social media or have google searched ways to become a better writer (check out my blog post…
