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    Keeping Your Speakers Straight

    Here are some tips for using simple mechanics to help readers keep the speaker straight.

    Show, Don't Tell

    Every writer has heard this advice: Show, don't tell. It's all over the online writing communities and is often presented as some sort of...

    Said is NOT Dead

    When writing dialogue, it can feel like you are writing an endless stream of names, pronouns, and dialogue tags. It can be a delicate...

    Using Showing to Write Compelling Dialogue

    A conversation which doesn’t effect the story, no matter how dynamic, realistic, and well-written, will feel like an unnecessary aside.

    Filtering the World through a PoV Character

    One common mistake that writers make is to describe the character sensing or thinking about things, rather than to describe them directly.

    Making a Main Character Likeable

    The main character is the thread that pulls the the plot forward. They are the point of view that readers are getting the story from.

    The Basics of Plot: Inciting Incident

    The inciting incident is where you make the promises to your readers about what is going to happen in the climax.

    The Basics of Plot Editing part 2

    A good story needs more than a beginning and an ending. The connecting moments make up most of your plot.

    The Basics of Plot Editing: Climax

    The climax is the most important part of every plot. It should be the moment that everything builds up to from the very first page.

    How to Give Feedback to a Writer

    It can be terrifying to share your work. Getting feedback can be frustrating and embarrassing, or it can be really helpful and reassuring.

    The Basics of Plot Editing

    When you read through your first draft, worry only about the plot.

    Why Main Characters Matter

    Books are fun because they can get inside other people’s heads. You can experience another life through another person.

    Beginning Your Book

    Whoever you’re trying to impress (an agent, a publisher, or even a reader), the beginning of your book is your one and only chance.

    Writing Resources

    If you don’t see the topic you’re looking for on my blog yet, I have made a list of some of my favorite writing advice.
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