The World of Writing Chick-Lit Explored and Explained
We’re onto the wonderful and wacky world of writing chick-lit!
If you trend toward composing manuscripts that are fun and fluffy and embrac
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 11, 20182 min read
One Definite Rule of Writing Romance Fiction
If there’s one definite rule of writing romance fiction, it’s the one stated below. That is to say the one laid out in a few more paragraphs
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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 9, 20183 min read
One-Size-Fits-All Writing Rules? I Don’t Believe They Exist.
When it comes to writing, there are very, very few one-size-fits-all guidelines or rules to be found.
This might seem like a shocking admis
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 8, 20183 min read
Romance Novels, Romance Writing and the Romance Literature Genre
Poor, poor romance writing.
It gets such an entirely bad rap, much more so than women’s fiction. Destined to be the brunt of jokes, romance
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 4, 20183 min read
Writing Women’s Fiction Never Looked So Good
When you’re writing women’s fiction, the protagonist comes out ahead. In some way, shape or form, she ends up in a better place than where s
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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
May 1, 20182 min read
What Women’s Fiction Writing Is and Is Not
Probably not surprisingly, women’s fiction writing is one of the newer trends out there in the literary world. While I don’t have an exact d
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 20, 20183 min read
What to Do Within Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Dystopian Fiction Setting Details
Yesterday, we addressed basic setting details – the whats and whys – of post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopian fiction. Today, we’re going to del
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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 18, 20183 min read
The Mark of a “Real Writer”
“I’m not a real writer, but….”
“Well, I can’t really say I’m a writer.”
“I wouldn’t call myself a writer…”
It’s amazing how many actual w
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 17, 20182 min read
The Future Isn’t Looking So Good…
We’re off of alternative history fiction and onto another deeply speculative genre: dystopian fiction. You know: stories like The Hunger Gam
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 13, 20183 min read
The Right Way to Do Alternative History Fiction Writing
The best kind of alternative history fiction writing requires some pre-writing prep.
As we already mentioned on Tuesday, these books are ty
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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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Robert Brown
Apr 11, 20183 min read
The TRUTH About Lawyers: 5 Misconceptions About a Lawyer’s Life
Editor’s Note: Ever wondered what an American lawyer’s life is really like? We see them portrayed on TV all the time. But if we’re going to
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 10, 20183 min read
What Happens When You Ask History, “What If?”
The label “alternative history” might sound something like “fake news” at first glance. And, in the hands of the wrong writer, I suppose it
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 6, 20182 min read
3 Tips to Be a More Engaging, Less Preachy Steampunk Fiction Writer
It’s difficult to write a proper blog post about not being a preachy steampunk fiction writer without being preachy in the process.
Is that
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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 23, 20182 min read
When Writing “Paranormal Fiction,” You’d Better Know How to Classify It
If I’m writing a novel manuscript – paranormal fiction or otherwise – you’d better believe I want people to eventually read it. And I imagin
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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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