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ReadingThis is a collection of reading material that may help stimulate your writing or may help you focus on the areas of editing that makes your writing a better read. | ||
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Link to: How Long Should a Book Be? Writing students sooner or later ask a simple, innocent question: "How long should a book be?" With that in mind, CHUCK SAMBUCHINO put together the definitive post on word count for fiction (novels, young adult, middle grade, children's books and even memoir). His article appeared in a recent issue of Writer's Digest. |
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Link to: Six Creative Ways to Strengthen Your Story Idea In this post from The Write Practice, Joslyn Chase shares six ways to approach an oft-told story idea and turn it into something truly yours. |
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Link to: What To Include On Your Books Copyright Page BookBaby blog editor Andre Calilhanna has compiled everything you need to create your own copyright page. This popular blog post answers many questions on intellectual property protection, including this one: Do you need to register your book with the US Copyright Office to include a copyright page? |
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Link to: Writers Block: Over a Dozen Solutions to a Non-Problem In this article from Authors Publish, Guest Author Ken Finley says, "I don’t believe in writer’s block. It’s an oxymoron. Writers write. Now, maybe authors and novelists might suffer from a productivity block, but writers? No possible way. If you aren’t writing, you aren’t living." He then offers solutions to help us other folks – the ones who have somehow lost our way – overcome the non-problem. |
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Link to: Use Screenwriting Techniques To Improve Your Novel Writers of novels may always feel at odds with screenwriters—how often do we hear “the book was better”? But let’s be honest, the heart of any good movie is the writing: consider such well-written movies as Sideways, Lost In Translation, and, yes, Finding Nemo. At Writer’s Relief, we know that there are screenwriting techniques and tips that can help improve a novel and make it more engaging for readers. Here’s what novelists can learn from screenwriters! |
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Link to: Inner Dialogue Writing Character Thoughts The topic of character thoughts has come up repeatedly for THE EDITOR'S BLOG Fiction Editor Beth Hill in the last couple of weeks, and she had promised to address punctuation for inner dialogue. Inner dialogue is simply the speech of a character to himself. He hears it and the reader hears it, but other characters have no idea what’s going on in his head. |
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Link to: Types of Characters to Include in Your Story Captivating stories have something in common: believable characters. Your novel’s characters need flaws, goals, and motivation to make them real. When they feel like living, breathing people, readers connect to them. In Jerry Jenkin's latest post, he breaks down the main roles characters fill in your story. including: The various types of characters you need Why it’s important to make characters imperfect Examples of great characters |
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Link to: Do Your Characters Drive the Plot, Create the Dialogue, and Their Own Thing? Many writers say they can actually hear the voices of their characters – here’s why |
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Link to: Future's Past Backwards by Adam Sykes (a must visit) experience the work of poets without the many distractions found elsewhere... no fancy fonts, no graphics, no submissions, no reviews, no adverts, no click-counters, no awards, no prizes, no mentoring, no biographies, no names up in lights, no egos, no brown-nosing, no guff! simply click or tap on the titles to submerge yourself in poetry at its purest. |
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Link to: How to Write an Essay Conclusion that Gives a Sense of Closure Plenty of attention is given to the introduction of a paper. After all, getting started can be intimidating and difficult. But a lot less attention has been giving to wrapping everything up with a well written conclusion. EssayTigers offers its conclusion solution. |
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Link to: Beginnings and Endings for Your Memoirs C. S. Lakin is an award-winning author of more than thirty books, fiction and nonfiction, writing instructor, and professional copyeditor who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lakin's award-winning blog for writers, Live Write Thrive, provides deep writing instruction and posts on industry trends. Her site www.CritiqueMyManuscript.com features her critique services. She teaches workshops and critiques at writing conferences and workshops around the country. |
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Link to: 10 Best Book Endings By Jessica Soffer | Apr 12, 2013 Jessica Soffer's take on the ten best endings. While the right answer seems to shift over time, it's a worthy look. |
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Link to: 9 Key Elements Of Great Endings For Books And Stories - Posted on May 10, 2013 by Writer's Relief Staff A look at more great endings for books and stories. |
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Link to: Publishing Bootcamp Workbook This workbook presents 24 specific, practical strategies for publishing books that sell. Major topics include Preparation, Publishing, Launching Your Book, and Automation for Long-Term Sales. |
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Link to: 5 Essential Elements of a Perfect Ending ‘Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.’ ~Mickey Spillane This Writers Write post is a must read. |
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Link to: Why Publish? If the idea of publishing sounds like a hurdle you can't overcome, author Iseult Murphy shares what she learned from her own publishing journey, and how you can break through the resistance to share your writing with readers who will love it. |