Category: tips
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10 Flash Fiction Writing Tips
Every writer who writes flash has one of these lists, even if flash is not his area of expertise. Even if he doesn’t write it […]
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10 Basic Character Needs
They say that effective story characters have problems, because problems mean conflict, and conflict makes for an interesting story. True enough. (See Wednesday’s post for […]
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11+ Ways to Say “He Smiled”
One of the banes of writing fiction is trying to find interesting ways to say ordinary things. And smiling is one of those. Everyone smiles. […]
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10 NaNoWriMo Tips
National Novel Writing Month rolls around every November. And I usually don’t participate, although I may this year. (I threatened to last year, but those […]
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I Wanna Write like Nora Roberts: 7 Tips for Prolific Writers
As you may know, I’ve never been able to get through a Nora Roberts novel. I’ve always gotten bored or otherwise lost interest. So then […]
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