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How Not to Write a Novel (And Avoid the Worst Advice) You don’t need another quote telling you to “believe in yourself.” You need to know how to write a sentence. There’s a quiet frustration many new writers feel after buying online writing courses. The instructor is successful. The lighting is perfect. The music is…
8 different types of antagonists in your novel can you create more than a standard villain who wants to take over the world? For a new writer, they might feel limited in how to create a villain for their new novel, influenced by blockbuster movies that create a standard villain. But is there more…
why you should ignore online literary critics Do they have anything worthwhile to say or have they become literary trolls now? Can your life as a writer benefit from what critics online have to say, or are they wasting your time? Was there ever a time when critics had anything worth saying or was…
your novel’s opening line and making it count how to craft a line that pulls the reader in. how to make it rememberable for generations. In this day in age with so many distractions from TV, the internet, cell phones, video games people are having their attention pulled in every direction. As a writer…
Why 3 Hours a Day Is Enough to Write a Novel Most new writers believe one dangerous myth: If you’re serious about writing a novel, you should be writing all day. Eight hours. Ten hours. From sunrise until exhaustion. But here’s the truth professional writers quietly understand: More hours do not equal better books. Three…
The benefits of speech to text as a writer. Speeding up your writing. Get all your thoughts down at once. not having to be slowed down. Ask any writer and they’d tell you they have a million thoughts running through their head as they try to write their novel. Either in the beginning stages…
Put your protagonist in the greatest danger. Do not live through your main character. how to add suspense. how to avoid a boring story. Chances are if your book is boring and no one wants to read it, it comes down to one big reason, your protagonist isn’t interesting. In fact, they are the…
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