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“What’s a chick-lit writing challenge, and who needs it anyway,” might sum up your mentality about the title above and the genre in...
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 10, 20182 min read
If You’re Writing Romance Fiction Dialogue, Here’s How to Not Be Cheesy
Dialogue, I hope we can all agree, is a very important aspect of creative writing, particularly novel-focused creative writing. This is true
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 3, 20183 min read
Women’s Fiction Manuscripts: Not Your Mama’s Broken Nail
Women’s fiction manuscripts are supposed to be serious stuff when you get down to its bare-bones purpose. These aren't your mama’s broke
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 19, 20183 min read
There’s More to Dystopian Fiction Writing Than “The Hunger Games”
Did you know there was more to dystopian fiction writing than The Hunger Games?
Shocking concept? It’s okay. The feeling of total disorient
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 12, 20183 min read
Alternative History Fiction – the Roman Way
Constructing a compelling alternative history fiction manuscript requires significant evaluation.
Such writers require a critical eye of no
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 5, 20183 min read
Know Thy Steam Power!
We already discussed what makes the steampunk fiction genre tick. And that’s steam power. Hence the name.
But let’s not go too fast too soo
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 22, 20182 min read
A Not-So-Special Paranormal Fiction Writing Challenge
Despite Tuesday’s Definition, I’m still convinced that paranormal fiction should be strictly about ghosts and ghoulies. Not vampires. Not we
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 15, 20183 min read
The Mythology of Mermaids and the Contemporary Fantasy Fiction Pool
Have you ever read up on the mythology of mermaids?
Or faeries? Not fairies. Faeries.
Or dragons?
As a contemporary fantasy fiction write
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 8, 20182 min read
Engage Your High Fantasy Fiction Readers; Don’t Drive Them Away
Because of high fantasy fiction’s nature – epic fantasy fiction or otherwise – creating character name confusion is a risk.
High fantasy fi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 1, 20183 min read
A Fantasy Fiction Writing Challenge to Rule Them All
For such a free-spirit genre, it might seem silly to apply a fantasy fiction writing challenge at all.
Why bother? What hurdles could possi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 22, 20183 min read
Are Science-Fiction Writers the Smartest Among Us?
I just finished up a book about cryptids, a word I never knew existed before.
In this particular non-fiction exploration’s case, the crypt
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 15, 20183 min read
A Fan Fiction-Specific Writing Challenge
As promised on Tuesday, today’s Writing Challenge takes us further into the freeing farce of fan fiction.
Why is it freeing? Because you’re
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 8, 20183 min read
Is Your Horror Fiction Novel Going to Get Lost in All the Other Slashers?
I once tried to listen to one of Stephen King’s horror fiction novels on audiobook. But I didn’t make it past the 10-minute mark.
I might n
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 1, 20183 min read
Are You Pushing Potential Readers Away?
As we discussed on Tuesday, thriller fiction is meant to be thrilling. That’s the common, obvious and essential ingredient for a novel to be
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 25, 20183 min read
It Isn’t Exactly Elementary, but It Is Logic 101
Let’s say your mystery fiction manuscript has one main character: amateur detective Thomas Green. But that doesn’t mean it only has one crim
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 18, 20183 min read
Take Your Historical Fiction Setting to the Next Level
As we’ll discuss further on Friday, historical fiction settings are intensely important. They not only frame the story; they’re meant to be
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 11, 20183 min read
One Reader’s Snotty Vocabulary Is Another Reader’s Highbrow
What makes literary fiction literary fiction? That’s kind of hard to define considering how it can and does borrow from every other genre.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 21, 20173 min read
Your Book’s Back Cover Blurb Hook: Make That First Sentence Count!
This week, we’re discussing back cover blurbs and which one works best for your book. Which can be quite the process.
That’s why we ended T
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 14, 20173 min read
The First Two Steps to Picking Your Book's Perfect Front Cover
Think about all the books you have on your shelf at home. Now think about all their front covers. There’s probably a wide variety of picture
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 7, 20173 min read
How Well Titled Is Your Manuscript?
Hello, my name is Jeannette DiLouie, and I hate coming up with book titles. Except in my fantasy series, for some reason.
Not So Human, To
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