When Literary Fiction Goes Wrong
If you read last week’s fiction-genre Definition, Challenge and Rule, you may have noticed a little bit of an attitude on my part toward lit
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 12, 20182 min read
Literary Fiction Might Be Highbrow, but the Best of It Digs Deep
So now we know that literary fiction is highbrow. Using Victorian writing styles and vocabulary choices, it’s designed to explore the writer
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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
Jan 10, 20183 min read
Award-Winning Screenwriter Sharon Wilharm Shows Us How It’s Done
Calling all screenwriters and screenwriters-in-the-making!
Innovative Editing is focused on your particular talent for once, no thanks to m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 9, 20183 min read
Literary Fiction: Light and Fluffy, This Fiction Genre Ain’t
Starting out our lengthy list of fiction genres is literary fiction.
If you go into Barnes & Noble or your local bookstore, you’re prob
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 8, 20182 min read
The Genuine Writer's Retreat
Hi, guys! I hope you’re all nice and warm right now and survived yesterday’s freezing cold temperatures. Here in balmy Lancaster, PA, it got
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 5, 20183 min read
Should You Be Having Fun With the Fiction Writing Process?
If you caught yesterday’s fiction factoid on Facebook, you’ll know that:
Fiction isn’t always written for fun. Sometimes it’s written to te
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 4, 20182 min read
3 Ways to Make Your Manuscript Stand Out in Today’s Novel-Writing Swamp
It’s not a pool of novel-writing competition out there. It’s a swamp.
A pool is nice and neat and contained. Oh, it might be an Olympic-siz
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 2, 20182 min read
A Focus on Fiction for Novel Manuscript Writers
This year, our focus is going to be on genres, starting out with the fiction side of things. So if you’re working on a novel manuscript, the
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 1, 20181 min read
Make Your Writing Resolution Work This Year!
I think I've finally figured out why we so rarely meet our New Year's resolutions. This applies to any weight loss or organizational
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 22, 20173 min read
The Milk, the Cow and the Back Cover Blurb
Yesterday, we said that a back cover blurb’s main goal is to intrigue the book’s ideal readers.
Doing that requires work, of course: resear
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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 19, 20172 min read
Back Cover Blurb: Would You Read This Book?
What do you do when you’re browsing in a traditional bookstore for your next great read? Probably check out front covers, and if one snags y
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 18, 20173 min read
So Be Good for Creative Writing’s Sake
I don’t claim to be Santa Claus. I don’t see you when you’re sleeping. And unless you’re right in front of me, I have no idea whether you’re
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 15, 20173 min read
Step 3 in Picking Your Book’s Perfect Front Cover
Yesterday, we talked about the first two steps in picking your book’s perfect front cover. They were researching your genre and analyzing yo
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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 12, 20173 min read
Expect Your Ideal Readers to Ignore That “Never Judge a Book by Its Cover” Saying
They say to never judge a book by its front cover. But why not?
I’ve long-since claimed that “Judge not lest you be judged” is one of the m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 8, 20173 min read
How Important Is Your Book Title Really?
How important is your book title? For real…
Well, like we covered earlier this week, these things do matter. If you’re unpublished, your bo
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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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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 5, 20173 min read
Let’s Talk About Your Book Title
What’s in a book title?
Well, words. Obviously. Hopefully descriptive words. A book title is – or at least should be – something that speak
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