Traditional Publishing Contracts: A True Story
As we discussed Tuesday, there’s really three types of traditional publishing contracts you could potentially land. There’s big-time Big 5 t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 25, 20203 min read
Your Chances of Being an Authorial Success Story
How many people play the lottery? According to a Gallup poll a few years ago, “Roughly half of Americans say they have bought a state lotter
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 23, 20193 min read
A Clarification on Authorial Tone
Perhaps I should have led the literary tone series with this one. But it’s too late now, so let’s clear up what needs to be cleared up…
The
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Famous Authors, Critique Groups and Your Writing Style
Have you ever heard of the Inklings?
As a writer and no doubt reader, it might ring a bell. Or it might not.
But back in the 20th century,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Litterbugs and Other Blatant Examples of Author Bias
Years and years ago, while browsing through the fantasy section of Barnes & Noble… or was it Borders? Yikes!
Location aside, I came acr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 2, 20193 min read
If You’re Wondering If You Have Too Much Exposition
I’m going to try really, really hard to write this blog post without calling anyone out. But there are a whole lot of writers who put too mu
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 26, 20192 min read
The Possibly Ugly, Definitely Fixable Truth About Editing a Second Draft
Once you’ve edited your first draft, it’s understandable if you expect your editorial journey to be automatically smoother thereafter.
That
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 19, 20193 min read
Don’t Sweat the Small-Stuff “Plot Holes”
Have you ever heard the argument that an omnipotent God can’t exist? It’s the one that starts and ends with the question: “Can God create a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 12, 20193 min read
The 8-Second Advice for Writing a Narrative Hook
Do you know what the average human attention span is?
According to a Microsoft study, it’s eight seconds.
Eight teeny, tiny seconds. That’
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 5, 20193 min read
Something Worth Crying About
Complete courtesy of yesterday’s 4th of July-inspired awesome post on editing a first draft… you now know that it’s not the most difficult t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 21, 20193 min read
(Creative) Writing a Killer Ending
As the big bad writer, you’re the ultimate authority on what you want to do with your story.
Do you want to kill off everyone in the end? I
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 14, 20193 min read
A Great Way to Ruin Your Novel’s Falling Action
Alrighty then. We’re officially there.
Officially ready to close our discussion on using falling action to deal with those pesky remaining
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 7, 20193 min read
Do You Know the Definition of a Deus Ex Machina?
Today, we’re finishing off our series about writing literary climax. But to do so, we’re going to take a brief trek back to dialogue, a topi
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 31, 20193 min read
What You Don’t Want to Write in Your Rising Action
If you’re writing rising action for an action-oriented novel, you might not have appreciated yesterday’s Writing Challenge. All that lovey-d
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 24, 20192 min read
Your Story Probably Doesn’t Need That Prologue
Every writer knows (or should know) the importance of a story’s first few lines. They’re what make up the narrative hook, that element desig
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 17, 20193 min read
One Single Story. Multiple Points of View.
Here’s a really important question that every writer should consider: How many points of view should your story hold?
In asking this questi
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 10, 20193 min read
When It Comes to Dialogue Tags, Don’t Just Say “Said”
If yesterday’s article seemed to lean too far toward the anti-dialogue tags side of the creative writer debate, I apologize. Let me clear up
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 3, 20193 min read
Writing Dialogue for Villains Without Embarrassing Anyone in the Process
We’re about to focus on writing dialogue for villains specifically, but the following advice can easily be applied elsewhere.
Protagonists,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 26, 20193 min read
Too Many Setting Details for This Reader’s Liking
Yesterday, I admitted how I’m not very into reading about setting details.
However, that doesn’t mean I’m not into writing about setting de
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 19, 20193 min read
If You Don’t Want to Write Cliché Secondary Characters…
Absolutely everyone has an idea of what cliché means when it comes to character creation.
For example, Kailee Schnabele of Flagler College’
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