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Use care when naming places in your story

When creating a setting for your story, always pay special attention to what you name those places. After all, naming places that your characters inhabit and visit help readers keep track of where …

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Your writing is a textual painting of the world

Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

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5 Great Quotations about the Writing Process

“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.” – Neil Gaiman“You have to go where the book leads you.” – Stephen King“When you wri…

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Utilize writing process to develop your book

Many writers will tell you “there’s no system” to writing a book. They’re right in that the craft of writing can’t be reduced to an assembly line production, at least not unless you wish to churn o…

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Avoid Stalling as Approaching Crucial Event

One common plotting problem novice writers experience, especially in the first draft, is that of stalling.Stalling consists of including here-to-there scenes prior to when a cru…

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Five Great Quotes about Writing What You Know

“I don’t want you to write about what you know, because you don’t know anything. I don’t want to hear about your boyfriend or your grandma… I’m getting a little tired of ‘my life story as fict…

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5 Great Humorous Thoughts on Writing

“If you say Stephen King’s name while looking in the mirror three times, all your adverbs disappear.” – Stefanie Simpson“If you say ‘EL James’ in the mirror three times, you’ll .” – Kar…

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Use care when naming places in your story

When creating a setting for your story, always pay special attention to what you name those places. After all, naming places that your characters inhabit and visit help readers keep track of where …

inventingrealityediting.com

Your writing is a textual painting of the world

Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

inventingrealityediting.com

Avoid Stalling as Approaching Crucial Event

One common plotting problem novice writers experience, especially in the first draft, is that of stalling.Stalling consists of including here-to-there scenes prior to when a cru…

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Five Great Quotations Answering ‘Why Write?’

“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it.” – Roald Dahl“Why di…