Unrealistic Plots Are the Worst
There are certain books I’ve read that I look back and remember with loathing.
Okay, loathing might be a bit of a strong word here. But I’m
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 27, 20193 min read
What If We Had to Speak Our Stories Out Loud?
I recently tried uploading a podcast conversation onto a transcription service platform. The chat itself was great! It always is with Lia...
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 26, 20193 min read
The Definition of Plot Is Dry as Dirt
Have you ever heard the saying, “And so the plot thickens”?
More than likely, you have. It’s a literary cliché from who-knows-what original
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 25, 20194 min read
A Delightfully Crazy Chat With Author Lia Mack
Podcast Transcript: Due to technical issues, there is no transcript today. My suggestion? Put this on while you're making a meal, gettin
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 22, 20193 min read
Jack and the Premise That Got Away
Let me tell you a story about Jack. Not Jack and the Beanstalk or Jack and Jill, but Jack and the Premise That Got Away.
Once upon a time,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 20, 20195 min read
Writing a Novel? Let’s See How Far Your Premise Will Take You.
So you have a premise for some story you’d like to start. You’re all excited – so much so that you take out your pen and paper, or laptop, a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Our Flash Fiction Contest Winner (and Her Story) Is Revealed
Late last year, I began advertising the very first Genuine Writer’s Flash Fiction Contest for 2019. Submissions weren’t open until January 1
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 19, 20193 min read
The Teeny-Tiny Premise That Became a Full-Fledged Published Novel
In order to give you a decent definition of what a premise is, here’s a little look into my brain.
Just a very little look, mind you, since
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 18, 20196 min read
3 Ways to Fix Your Overuse of Exposition
Hi, genuine writers! Great to have you here for Episode #7 of The Genuine Writer Podcast. I’m Jeannette DiLouie, author, editor extraordinai
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 8, 20193 min read
The Novel-Writing Rule You Really Should Know Before You Write Too Much
To properly address today’s novel-Writing Rule, let’s recap our January discussions on genre. Here was the Definition:
A genre is a literar
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 7, 20193 min read
Whether You Can Write an Original Story: A Study of Self-Importance
Once upon a time, I thought I had the ability to write an original story. My Faerietales series was proof of that.
I mean, how many people
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 5, 20193 min read
What Writing a Novel Is and Isn’t
When it comes to writing a novel, there’s a whole lot of obvious information you can "learn."
What a character is. What setting i
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 4, 20196 min read
One of the Dumbest Writing Questions Ever
"Let's say I want to do a story about [the] Middle Ages. But I don't want to do my research. Instead, I take inspiration from t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 1, 20193 min read
There Are Good Homes to Find for Your Short Story Submissions
So you did it.
Or you’re going to do it. You’re going to write a short story.
It’s on the books, and it’s going to happen. Really.
With t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 31, 20193 min read
Writing a Short Story Is a Great Exercise for Novelists-in-the-Making
Some people are naturally inclined toward writing a short story or stories. That’s just how their brains work best, capturing moments in tim
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 29, 20192 min read
Short Story Length – and a Few Other Important Details You Might Want to Know
Two years ago, while going through a long list of writing terminology, Innovative Editing covered these three forms of fiction:
Novel
Novel
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 28, 20196 min read
How to Start Writing a Novel
Hello, and welcome to The Genuine Writer’s Podcast episode 5. I’m your host, Jeannette DiLouie, and I just have one announcement to make bef
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 25, 20193 min read
Your Ideal Readers Expect You to Know Your Book’s Genre Inside and Out
Thursday’s Writing Challenge was all about publishing your genre-specific book. And it included some great information.
Admittedly, it migh
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 24, 20193 min read
The Publishing and Marketing Side of Understanding Your Book’s Subgenre Potential
So you read Tuesday’s post, “Do You Really Know What a Genre Is?” And, for the record, you learned nothing.
As it turned out, yes, you real
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 23, 20193 min read
Don’t Use “Very” in Your Writing – EVER! – Except When It’s Perfectly Acceptable
If you look up “Don’t write very” on Google – inside quotation marks – it will come up with 76,400 results.
If you look up “Don’t use very”
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