You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
I don’t care what anyone else says. I love reading historical nonfiction.
Holla if you’re with me!
No? Historical nonfiction isn’t cool en
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 23, 20184 min read
Gals, Get Over It; Guys, Get Real
Next month, I’m going to be writing a 5 Myths blog post about what male writers get wrong about female characters. Then, in September, we’re
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 20, 20183 min read
How Not to Get Sued for Libel While Writing a Biography
With yesterday’s Writing Challenge, we covered your ethical responsibility in writing a biography. For today’s Writing Rule though, we go fr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 19, 20183 min read
Life and Legacy: The Good and Tough Going of Writing a Biography
No bones about it, writing a biography is quite the undertaking. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
You’re dealing with someone’s life an
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 18, 20182 min read
A Breakthrough Writer’s Block Solution
If you struggle with writer’s block and nothing else has worked for you, listen up! This could be your big breakthrough moment.
Innovative
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 17, 20183 min read
Writing a Biography Means Making It ALL About Someone Else
There are so many fascinating stories to tell out there, many of which aren’t fictional. Real-life people, places, movements, ideas, inventi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 13, 20182 min read
This Writing Rule’s for You – Even If You’re Not Scarlet Johansson
Autobiography.
What’s the first thought that pops into your head when you hear that regal, multisyllabic word.
If you said something along
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 12, 20183 min read
Setting Aside Self While Writing an Autobiography
Many a person writing an autobiography can get extremely nervous about the road ahead. And it’s not just the normal writing process or pre-p
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J.L. Foster
Jul 11, 20184 min read
5 Firearm Myths From Hollywood
Hollywood has a tendency to exaggerate some things and completely fabricate others. It’s the nature of the business, and the results can be
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 10, 20183 min read
What to Know When Writing One’s Autobiography
Last week, we were all about memoirs: non-fiction stories about particular times in authors’ lives. This week, we’re onto the well-respected
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 6, 20183 min read
When Writing a Memoir, What’s in a Name?
When writing a memoir, the very act can dredge up a whole lot of soul searching in the process. How much do you want to reveal, and how much
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 5, 20182 min read
Narrowing It Down From “Too Much”
Because memoirs are technically about just one significant point in their authors’ lives, they do pose an immediate problem.
What about eve
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 3, 20183 min read
Oh, Dahling, I’m Writing My Memoir
“I’m writing my memoir” sounds like such a fancy phrase. It calls to mind worthwhile accomplishments and personal hurtles jumped and battles
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 2, 20183 min read
Writing About Color
Sadly, by the time I actually publish this video, I will no longer be at the beach. But shooting it is a completely different story.
Shooti
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 22, 20183 min read
The Young Adult Fiction Writing Games
What’s your young adult fiction writing poison?
As a young adult fiction writer, you might want to wait to answer that before asking to oth
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 21, 20183 min read
Are Young Adult Novels Too Trashy?
I’m not sure if it was the 2002 release of Gossip Girl that started the trend of turning young adult novels trashy.
It might have been. The
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 20, 20183 min read
What We Writers Can Learn From Star Trek: The Original Series
I grew up with a Trekkie for a mother: i.e., someone who likes Star Trek: The Original Series.
Scratch that, actually. Because it’s not qui
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 19, 20183 min read
Young Adult Fiction Isn’t a Genre (but Let’s Discuss It Anyway)
We’re officially up to one of my favorite groupings out there, right alongside fantasy and historical fiction: the young adult fiction genre
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 18, 20183 min read
Writing About Fathers
In honor of Father’s Day yesterday, let’s discuss the topic of fathers in fiction. In order to portray them correctly in our writing worlds,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 15, 20183 min read
This Major Difference Sets Apart Middle Grade Fiction From Young Adult Fiction
I’m a big fan of the young adult fiction genre – when it’s done right. Which, judging by the last three young adult fiction books I’ve read,
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