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Keeping Things Consistent

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Calendar Icon January 30, 2017

Consistency when writing a novel—actually, when writing anything—is an essential ingredient to creating a strong story. Your writers might get a little frustrated if you spend half the story telling…

Choosing the Right Verb

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Calendar Icon January 16, 2017

Verbs are an essential part of any sentence, but not all verbs are created equal; there are two categories of verbs: weak and strong. Strong verbs should always be chosen…

Shh! Show, Don’t Tell

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Calendar Icon January 03, 2017

If you’ve ever taken a writing course or read a book on how to write a novel, you would have been told ‘show, don’t tell’ at least once—perhaps several hundred…

Shh! Show, Don't Tell

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Calendar Icon January 03, 2017

If you’ve ever taken a writing course or read a book on how to write a novel, you would have been told ‘show, don’t tell’ at least once—perhaps several hundred…

Setting the Scene

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Calendar Icon October 29, 2016

  Setting is one of the key ingredients to creating a novel that readers can immerse themselves in. Without settings, your characters would be aimlessly wandering around on blank pages…

Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

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Calendar Icon October 09, 2016

As a writer you’ve probably been told at one point or another to use active voice and avoid passive voice—perhaps it was even a teacher’s comment added at the end…

How to Bring Your Characters to Life

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Calendar Icon September 24, 2016

Some people may try and tell you that creating characters for your novel is as easy as selecting an age, gender, hair colour, and goal. But it’s not that simple….

How to Battle through Writer's Block

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Calendar Icon September 11, 2016

You’ve woken up, eaten breakfast, and have sat down in front of your laptop. You open the file titled Best Selling Novel and push open the door in your mind that grants you…

How to Battle through Writer’s Block

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Calendar Icon September 11, 2016

You’ve woken up, eaten breakfast, and have sat down in front of your laptop. You open the file titled Best Selling Novel and push open the door in your mind that grants you…

The Importance of a Manuscript Assessment

The Importance of a Manuscript Assessment

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Calendar Icon August 29, 2016

Let me guess, you’ve just finished writing your novel after spending the past year pouring your soul into it—writing it, then editing it again, and again, and again. You think…

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