How to Take Your Writing from Good to Great
Most of us writers aren’t content with just being mediocre. Just writing so-so books. I’d like to think most writers…
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Why a Manuscript Critique Is a Critical Step for Writers
Critique. Does this word make you cringe? Perhaps it sounds too much like another word that has a negative connotation:…
The 6 Necessary Elements in Your Novel’s Opening Chapters
Writing a novel is a massive undertaking. It doesn’t matter if you’ve written one or thirty. And even after studying…
The Punch at the End of Your Novel Scenes
I’m sure you’ve heard people tell jokes. Whether you’ve listened to stand-up comics on a stage who are masters at…
Writing Scenes with a Purpose
I know this may sound silly and obvious, but your scenes need to have a purpose. Thing is, so many…
The Way to Really Get Ready for NaNoWriMo
With the mayhem of NaNoWriMo (National Novel-Writing Month) approaching, I’d like to encourage writers to avoid wasting time and effort…
Lessons Learned from a Writing Critique
Today’s guest post is by Sylvie Soul. I received my first dose of cold water reality when I paid to…
The Burden of Your First Fifty Pages
I critique a lot of first chapters of novels. Having written twenty novels, I can attest to how difficult it…
A Novel Is Not A Sum Total of Its Parts
This is our last post wrapping up the year’s course on The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction. I hope…
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