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Most writers devote a lot of time to their passion projects, ideas for books that are so powerful that they’re what inspired them to start writi...
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Let me start with a classic example of what not to do. Say that you’re writing a mystery novel and you’re eager to surprise the reader with a sh...
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Thirty years ago, a novelist with no experience writing screenplays wrote an unsolicited script for a popular television show and mailed it to t...
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A while ago, we tackled Promotional Copy for Autobiographies. But what if you’re a fiction writer?
First, a quick recap on what we mean by promo...
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After my last blog post about the importance of conducting thorough research, I got enough good questions that I figured it was worthwhile to write...
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While this blog was originally published in 2015, it perfectly fits the bill for our special series that unpacks the criteria we consider when eval...
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A lot of fiction writers tend to start their novels in the wrong place. What do I mean by that? I mean that they either start their story too early...
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Meet Karen Beintema, winner of the 2015 Free Publishing Contest : Fiction Category, for her novel Retribution: a historical romance of love and b...
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Writing fiction is a lot like acting. It may be strange to consider, but some of the greatest lessons I’ve taken to heart about writing in characte...
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Joy B. Wonnacott was shortlisted in the 2014 Word Alive Press Free Publishing Contest for her historical novel, Tossed Into Dawn. Today Joy share...
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K.M. Wray was shortlisted in our 2014 Free Publishing Contest for her allegorical young adult novel, Breaking Enchantments. Learn more about how...
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The internet is full of helpful lists of questions to ask a blind date so you can get to know them. But have you ever thought about using these...
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