The 3 Traditional Publishing Possibilities
On Tuesday, we got all depressing and acknowledged the reality that most published authors don’t sell a lot of books. Today, we’re going to
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 24, 20203 min read
Let's Analyze Your Publishing Dreams
Everyone has a dream of doing something big. At least I sincerely hope they do. For people who enjoy biking as a hobby, perhaps they’d love
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 22, 20193 min read
Getting Feedback on Your Literary Tone Is Important
So we now know that literary tone is important. Very important. It can make or break a manuscript’s prospects or a book’s sales.
If someone
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 15, 20193 min read
The Writing Style Challenge I Ran Away From
Back in college, there was a class I moved a whole country away in order to avoid.
Only for a semester, mind you. And it wasn’t the only fa
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 8, 20193 min read
Unbiased Writers Don’t Exist, Only Less Biased Writers
There’s not a single human example of unbiased writing out there. That’s because there’s not a single example of an unbiased writer out ther
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 1, 20193 min read
The Difference Between Writing Exposition and Editing Exposition
Oh, the wonders of writing exposition. Don’t you just love it?
The opportunity to explain why and how your story exists can be a thrilling
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 25, 20193 min read
Chill Out: Second-Draft Editing Tips You Can Take
There’s something about the power of the pen. Or, in my case, the power of the keyboard, with my fingers clacking against the A. Then the N.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 18, 20193 min read
Here’s the Good News: Most Plot Holes Are Fixable
Tuesday’s Writing Definition defined plot holes as an error that “contradicts previous (or upcoming) events within a story.”
Then it acknow
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 11, 20193 min read
A Huge Part of Your Novel Marketing Strategy
Let’s start out by getting caught up on where we are with narrative hooks.
On Tuesday, we introduced the topic and explained how:
… most o
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 4, 20193 min read
Editing a First Draft Is Easy Compared to the First 4th of July
It being the 4th of July and all, and me being the American history-obsessed individual that I am… it only seems right to use the Declaratio
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 20, 20193 min read
Is a Fairytale Ending Suitable for Your Story?
My adorable three-year-old niece is obsessed with fairytales right now.
And I do mean obsessed. As only a three-year-old girl can be about
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 13, 20192 min read
This Might Seem Like a Really Random Question
As your story winds down through the falling action, it should start prompting some questions. For the purpose of today’s Writing...
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 6, 20193 min read
The Sadistic Nature of Literary Climax
The very last thing I’d want to do after climbing a mountain is have a knock-down, drag-out fight. Or any kind of fight at all.
I’d just wa
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 30, 20193 min read
What You Want to Write in Your Rising Action
So you have your rising action segment. And it’s long.
Like really long. Likes pages and pages, and chapters and chapters long. If, as we m
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 23, 20193 min read
Don’t Let This Happen to You!
You’ve got a great story idea. It’s the next big thing, and you just know it’s going to be amazing. Literary fever has officially hit your c
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 16, 20193 min read
Point of View Can Improve Your Creative Writing Capabilities
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a creative writer named Sam.
Now, this creative writer (named Sam) wrote all his stori
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 9, 20194 min read
Writing Without Dialogue Tags
As promised on Tuesday, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding the topic of writing with or without dialogue tags.
Considering their
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 2, 20193 min read
Continuing Our Discussion on Writing Realistic Dialogue
When we began this series on writing realistic dialogue, I told you about my customer service experience with ASUS.
It wasn’t the most frus
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 25, 20193 min read
Should You “Show, Don’t Tell” Your Setting Details?
I should probably start out by admitting that, as a reader, I’m not very interested in setting details. When I pick up a new novel, the last
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 18, 20193 min read
Where Do Your Secondary Characters Fall on the Relatable Scale?
Thanks to the April 4 Writing Challenge concerning main characters, you already know it’s important to make your protagonists relatable.
Th
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