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78How to create conflict in a novel
In creative writing, there are no hard and fast rules to finding success. If such rules existed, every wannerby-writer would now be on the best-seller list. However, there are certain conventions that...
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88400 Alternative words for said
Said, said, said! Does the word 'said', drive you mad? Is it your dream, your fantasy to write a story? Do you have a book in your head, but 'said' gets in the way? Books are what drive most authors...
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82Six Essential Requirements for a Successful Story.
So, you want to write a mystery or maybe a fantasy, or are you hankering after creating a block-buster romance? No matter what your chosen genre, you're attempting to write a novel. Writing is your...
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8720 Top Tips for Editing that Novel
For most of us, the intial rush of words and ideas that come with a new story are ephemeral. They need to be logged before they disappear, because no matter what we think, disappear they will. Record that...
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73Revealed - 12 Important Points of Dialogue
Rules for writing are sometimes bent a little, and sometime broken .... but only by the reckless, feckless, or by those who understand exactly what they're doing and why.2. Talent.To succeed at writing it...
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64WITHOUT REPROACH Virtual Book Tour
Author of the novel, WITHOUT REPROACH (book identification, ISBN 1905988257 ) as he tours the blogosphere on his first virtual book tour. Anthony was a process control engineer with an international...
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68Book Publicity and the Shy Author
Publicity, publicity, publicity. I hate the damn word. I'm an author not a publicist. Being a publicist is a specialized job. I don't do publicist. I'd written the damn novel, why did I have to do book...
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60Make sure you're prepared for an interview about your book
Don't get caught with your pants down.... not like me. The telephone jangled, the person at the other end was more jaunty than anyone deserved to be at that time in a morning. "What's this book of yours...
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64Best Seller for a Day
I'd been reading about her you see. In fact I'd already written a blog about her a few hours earlier. That, and the release of Breaking Dawn, the new book in her Twilight series of vampire romances, made me...
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70Seven Important Considerations for Your Novel?
Both character and plot are essential to a book, of course. Without both in balance there can be no successful story. However, the principal ingredient, the one component that is absolutely critical in...
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