First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me
We’re starting off this new year at Live Write Thrive neck-deep into scene structure. Great scenes seem to flow effortlessly…
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Getting Scene Structure under Your Belt
Scene structure seems to be the bane of most novelists and one of the most common causes of novel failure….
The Truth about Writing Mechanics
Today wraps up our year-long exploration of the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing. We hope you’ve learned a lot of…
Real Giving during the Giving Season
Are you scratching your head too? I can’t figure out where the year went. Every year seems to go by…
Personal Shifts
Sadly, this is my last post for Say What? I’ve run this section on Live Write Thrive for four years…
Searching for the Poetry in Story
Today Robin Patchen takes a look at cadence and rhythm as we begin to wrap up attack on Fatal Flaw #12:…
31 Stylistic Devices for Creative Writers
Today’s guest post is by Rose Scott: Without figurative language, writing would be plain and shallow. The more stylistic devices…
When You’re (Missing) a Word in a Comparison
Writers sometimes leave out small necessary words when making comparisons. Sometimes sentences look just fine to our eyes at first…
Writing Mechanics: To Paragraph or Not to Paragraph
Today editor Christy Distler continues our look at Fatal Flaw #12: Flawed Writing Mechanics. We’ve looked at how novels are structured…
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