What Is an Antagonist? Prepare to Be Surprised…
What is an antagonist?
To some writers, that’s a stupid, stupid question. Because everyone knows what an antagonist is.
It’s the bad guy.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 8, 20196 min read
Should You Show Your Characters Who’s Boss?
If you’re not a hard-core, experienced plotter – someone who outlines every single detail about their story before actually writing it down
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 5, 20192 min read
When You Want to Write a Strong Protagonist
When you write a strong protagonist, you have to make him, her or it realistic and relatable. That’s what we learned yesterday, going so far
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 4, 20193 min read
How to Write a Strong Protagonist
If you want to know how to write a strong protagonist, here’s what you want to do…
Close your eyes and think about the most compelling main
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 2, 20193 min read
The Basic, Buildable Truth About Protagonists
I’ll never forget the first time I watched Chicago, the movie version with Catherine Zeta Jones and Renée Zellweger.
It’s about two utterly
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 1, 20196 min read
Stop Being Such Self-Righteous Readers and Writers
Considering the topic of this episode, perhaps I should write another e-booklet called “How to stand your ground when people are pushy, self
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 22, 20193 min read
The Novel-Writing Characters You Need to Kill
Let’s recap what we've learned about characters so far this week:
Tuesday – Characters come in all shapes and sizes. They can be people
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 21, 20193 min read
Creating Character Profiles Is in Your Best Interest
I’ve admitted this before and I’ll admit it again…
When it comes to creating character profiles for my novels, I’m an absolute, complete an
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 19, 20193 min read
6 Kinds of Characters Your Novel Needs to Feature
Despite the blog title above, we’re actually going to cover seven kinds of characters your novel could contain. It’s just that only six of t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 18, 20196 min read
Keep Your Integrity While Writing
As for today, we’re going to address the character of your fiction or nonfiction work. Not “a” character, as in the protagonist or antagonis
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 15, 20194 min read
4 More Ways to Get Past Writer’s Block
We already addressed three specific ways to get past writer’s block: Sucking it up Skipping ahead Sucking it up while eating yummy food....
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 14, 20193 min read
3 Ways to Get Past Writer’s Block (With More to Come)
Today, we’re starting out with the Writing Challenge right away. Great ways to get past writer’s block are best addressed in a specific orde
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 13, 20193 min read
The Joy of Plotting (the Completely Legal Kind)
Editor’s Note: I first discovered Joy Eilene Givens on the Pennwriters’ Facebook group after she posted the following:
Hello, Pennwriters!
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Ways to Get Past Writer’s Block
Dear Genuine Writer,
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to talk about writer’s block.
Do not panic. Next week, we’ll get back t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 11, 20193 min read
To Be a Great Writer
Back when I was teaching Novel Writing 101 at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland, I got asked one specific question often
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 7, 20193 min read
Bad, Suplots. Bad!
Subplots are beautiful things – or romantic, or mysterious, or thrilling, or fantastic things – when done right. We’ve already established t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 7, 20193 min read
The Power of Page-Turning Subplots
Did you know that subplots can be more potent or poignant than the plots they sprout from? There's a lot to be said for writing powerful
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 5, 20193 min read
A Look at Plot and Subplot Through “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe follows a schoolgirl who discovers an extraordinary wardrobe. Inside, she finds Narnia, a m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 4, 20195 min read
What Is a Genuine Writer Anyway?
Clearly, Innovative Editing is all about genuine writers. But this begs a really good question: What is a genuine writer? It’s a question a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 1, 20194 min read
Here’s How to Fix a Plot Hole
Yesterday’s post about plot could have been taken a little more harshly than I intended. So let me reiterate that it was meant for lazy or w
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