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Series Building

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Short Stories

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How to Become an Author: The Ultimate Guide from a Bestseller

Becoming an Author

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Finding a Story

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Advertising & Marketing

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Audience Readership Writing worksheet
Audience Questions & Writing Tips

Audience

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Dialogue doesn't need puns and knock-knock jokes to be funny. Learn how to write comedy dialogue that leaves the audience in stitches without being silly. With The marvelous Mrs Maisel as an example

Genre

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writing nonfiction tips
What you need to know before you write your book and how to overcome obstacles that get in the way.
Template to Outline your Nonfiction Book

Nonfiction

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How to Write a Fairy Tale Retelling - Ink and Quills
Click through to read an interesting article on "historically realistic" sexism aimed at fiction writers.
fantasy and steampunk weapons share much more in common with their real-world counterparts than it seems. Here are six tips that transcend reality.

Fantasy

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Novel Length: Why is Word Count Important? - Writing Tips, Tips for Writers, Editing Tips, Tips for Editors, How to Write a Book, How to Write a Novel, How to Outline a Book, How to Outline a Novel, Writing, Editing, Manuscript, Writing Tools, Novel Writi

Book & Novel Writing

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The 7 Keys to Character Creation // Create characters your readers will fall in love with. | D.L.Collins
Character worksheet
Shape 'em up.

Creating Characters

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Character Development

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Use The Punisher and Black Panther as examples to learn how to write a story with politics the right way and avoid sending the wrong message.
Onions, Lemons, and Apples: Writing Things: How Drawing House Maps Can Help Your Writing
Five Common Worldbuilding Mistakes in New Manuscripts

World Building

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Procrastinating? Here's how to start your book, easily. How To Write A Book Without Trying
How I met my 24,000 word deadline in four days by writing 1,000 words at a time. via @www.pintrest.com/149405b354cebc0dd07391dd5be14f

Writing Quickly

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Write your best story ever with this one epic exercise. It's simple, powerful, and long forgotten. And, it's easy to add to your daily writing routine!
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Worksheets

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interesting. very valid points. I find I write my journal, notes, and poetry by hand, but novels and stories on the computer. What about you?
I wish I’d had an outline when I took part in my first NaNoWriMo… Instead of having a clear picture of my story from the start, I spent 30 days floundering, wandering lost around my manuscript. By the end of November, I had 50,000 words that went nowhere. An outline would have saved me so much grief and frustration!
Planning for Writers - Read Write Inspire

Writer's Journal

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Outlines

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The Novel Formula - A Novel Writing Method : Step One The Backbone Sentence - aka. The Premise Note: You may wish to read the No...

Plot & Structure

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settings

Scenes and Chapters

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If you’d like to be the kind of writer readers love to read, the kind of writer readers come back to again and again, then learn these 16 rules on how to be a great compelling writer. #writing #authors #writers
"You want your readers to be shipping your characters so hard they can barely stand it. They simply have to get together or nothing is worth it anymore. It’s way more fun if readers ship characters on their own and not because they were forced to. I don’t have a formula for this, but I do have a few tips."

Hooks

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Progressive Complications: How to Create Better Conflict in Your Story - book writing tips, novel writing tips, how to write a book, how to write a novel, scene writing, writing inspiration, writing prompt, genre, plot, story structure, character development, theme, how to write a story, conflict #amwriting #writingtips #writingcommunity
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Tension

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Narrative writing skills writing chart.
This is a masterclass in narrating a novel. Get the worksheet to try it out for yourself!

Narration

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Friday 5: 5 Things You Need on the First Page of Your Novel - only on #thewritersaurus.com #amwriting #writingtips Uncategorized craft Friday Five writing tips
What Happens On Page One; 30 WAYS TO START A NOVEL #amWriting
This is a very useful idea for how to start a story.

Starting the Story

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Want to be the next JRR Tolkien? Advice for writing dialogue for a fantasy book set in the past. Write old or medieval sounding dialogue that is realistic and not stilted or overly humorous. #writing #writingtips #authors #fantasy
Brian's Tip #9: Show Don't Tell (and the only thing I've ever seen that actually explains this freaking "advice" in a clear way.)

Writing Tips

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Writing a compelling first person POV.
Point-of-view dictates who your narrator is, how close your reader is to your story, and how much information your reader has access to. There are three basic points-of-view: first person, second person, and third person. This post aims to break them all down and give you a good basic understanding each. #writing #writinglife #writingtips #novelwriting #pointofview #pov #awelltoldstory
Head-hopping: What It Is, Why it Sucks, And How To Avoid It In Your Writing

Point of View

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