What’s a Fiction Writer’s Responsibility in Dealing With Real-Life Pain?
In the past five days, I somehow ended up watching two different pieces of fiction that made me really contemplate the writer’s role in deal
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 30, 20173 min read
Your Writing Style Is Marvelous, Dahling – Simply Marvelous – Except When It’s Not
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Style.” As in writing style. As in yours.
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 26, 20173 min read
Writing Rule #21: Ann, Tommy, Lantana, Bill, James and Jen Walk Into a Bar
How many points of view do you need in a story? And how many are too many?
Those are very subjective questions, but let’s give them a shot
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 25, 20174 min read
An Author’s Words but a Protagonist’s Point of View
This round of writing-related Challenges of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is all about getting further into you
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 23, 20174 min read
Your Point of View is Stupid!
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Point of View.”
And no, yours isn’t actual
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Kelly Barr
May 22, 20174 min read
From Voracious Reader to Historical Romance Writer
Editor’s Note: Today's post is by guest blogger Kelly F. Barr. She's a go-getter, a wife, a mother of three, a burgeoning writer of
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 19, 20174 min read
“Said” Is Not the Only Dialogue Tag Available to Authors
Whether a writer chooses to use dialogue tags all the time or none of the time or some of the time is their own business. Every author has h
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 18, 20174 min read
Writing Without Dialogue Tags: Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It
For today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, let’s get creative with dialogue tags –
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 17, 20173 min read
The Difference Between Fiction and Reality Is a Big One
While browsing Pinterest to bulk up my Innovative Editing pages the other day, I saw an absolutely awesome pin that went like this:
“The di
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 16, 20173 min read
Dialogue Tags: Not Just What He Said but How He Said It
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Dialogue Tag.”
You know how, last week, I wrot
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 15, 20173 min read
Ridiculous “Mom’s Night Out” Can Teach Us Writers a Thing or Two
There are two moms in my family these days: my mother and my younger sister. So naturally, we tailored yesterday for both of them as best as
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 12, 20173 min read
If You Want to Dialogue Like a Pro, Know Your Characters
Before I come right out and state Writing Rule #19, I need to address an issue that comes up way too often when writers are working on chara
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 11, 20174 min read
You’re on Your Own for Dialogue (But Here Are Some Tips Anyway)
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, centers around storybook dialogue and making
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 10, 20174 min read
"Dear Story of Mine, ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’”
When The Clash sang its famous song, “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” it might as well have been channeling a creative writer looking down at
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 9, 20172 min read
“So What’s the Deal With Dialogue,” She Asked.
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Dialogue,” also known as a major inducer of hea
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 8, 20173 min read
When It Comes to My Books, I Really Do Want Honest Opinions
When people read my books, I want honest opinions.
No, really, I do.
I know writers say that all the time, and then, if you give them a sp
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 5, 20174 min read
At This Point, Nobody Cares About Your Story’s Setting Anymore
We’re now up to Writing Rule #18, which reads this way:
There’s a certain point where setting descriptions get intensely unnecessary.
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 4, 20173 min read
The Truth Behind the Creative Writing Rule of “Show, Don’t Tell”
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is all about that oft-quoted creative writin
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 3, 20173 min read
Sometimes, a Creative Analogy Just Isn’t Going to Work in Your Writing
Every writer worth his or her salt wants to come up with the next awesome analogy: a comparison or even contrast that makes every reader com
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 2, 20173 min read
Do You Smell That? Setting Is in the Air!
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is “Setting,” which might not be as simplistic as y
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