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Collectors always are easy to buy gifts for; you simply obtain an item that expands their collection. When writing, what do you “collect”? Do you prefer to write descriptive paragraphs of sett…
Click the linked title to read the full article: • Why bookstores don’t carry self-published booksYou’ve just self-published your book and call up your local bookstore to see if you can bring down …
Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise upon turning a new page in one’s life. Here are four writing promp…
Sometimes our writing feels stale, even though we’ve used active voice, written crisp sentences, and developed a well-structured plot with a main character who grows. But if you sense that you’ve h…
For most authors, marketing their book is the most difficult part of being a writer. If you don’t promote your books, though, the chances of them ever selling are staggeringly low. Here are s…
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”- Ernest Hemingway “Write what should not be forgotten.” – Isabel Allende“Never annoy a…
A literary device that’s often overused by novice writers is that of the fast-forward. This involves taking the story out of its timeline by going to a point in the future. In doing so, the scene r…
Ebooks follow different formatting rules than books printed on paper. That’s because a book made of ink on paper is a different platform for presenting information than a book made of digital bits …