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You hear about it all the time: you need to cut words! But before you get trigger-happy with your delete key, it's important to come up with a plan for cutting words out of your book. That's why today's post is all about: HOW TO EFFECTIVELY CUT WORDS. What words you should ACTUALLY put to death and why.
These dialogue tips and examples will help you enliven your dialogue and write effective dialogue that reveals your characters' feelings, desires and more.
Every writer will ask: "how long should my novel be?" Unfortunately, the answer to how long a novel should be is more complex than a single number.
Knowing how many words in a novel is the first step toward writing a book. We teach you how many words to write in your specific genre and topic.
How to outline your novel in 15 easy steps. Part of the How To Write A Novel blog series. Learn how to outline your novel and other great tips.
Novels are typically over 40,000 words, but publishers prefer 50,000+ words in most cases. Top Kindle novels range from an average of 58,000-109,000 words.
Want to write a great protagonist for your novel? Be sure to avoid these 5 mistakes.
Before you start to write a novel, you should work on your outline. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to outline a novel in one day.
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Hello, writer, and welcome to The Novel Series, a multi-part blog post series about all things novels and other forms of fictional storytelling. I’ll be posting at least one, if not two, blogs from this series every month until it’s complete. This is Part I: How Long Should Your Manuscript Be? Click here to read…
You may have seen my post to help with not repeating colours last week. In a similar way, many writers say they struggle to find a relevant alternative to “said”, and so I have searched…
If we're unsure about a potential product, its description won't always give all the answers we need to make an informed decision. After all, it was written either by the manufacturers or the sellers, and they might accentuate the positives and omit the negatives in order to make as many sales as possible.
I’ve learned a lot of things while editing my third novel, She’s Not Here, and one of them is that I use a lot of filler or filter words. Filler or filter words are words we throw into our novels when we’re being lazy writers and not getting to the point. For today’s video, I’m …
How to write a book in 30 days? Is it really impossible? A feat on par with slaying a dragon? Maybe so, but writers engage in this adventure every single year
Tips on how to write a mystery novel that is well structured and emotionally compelling.
Our lives will never be easy enough. The human mind is always trying to figure out ways to make life easier. We are never happy with what we have. Our grandparents lived without electricity, some of our parents lived without the Internet, I wonder how many things we are living without as well? Well, we
Human beings are social animals. We like to mingle, gossip, hug, cheer, and most of all we love to talk. So why is writing dialogue so hard?
When editing a novel, there are many things to look for and eliminate. Start with these four things to make your writing more effective.
If you're looking for great worldbuilding tools that will help you with your novels, here are ten of the best you can use right now!
Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.
Walk into any book store, and you will find shelves and shelves of fantasy books. But the same clichés run through most of them, and many are so predictable that you only have to read the back cove…
