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Jun 29, 20173 min read

How to Make Your Writing Structure Say “Boom!”

The structure of your report, blog post, advertisement, article or professional whatnot matters. You can have the most impressive vocabular

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Jun 23, 20172 min read

Don’t Drag Out Your Story’s Drama Too Long

I know I already said this with Writing Rule #24 about rising action, but it’s true of a story’s climax too: Drama gets old fast. That’s wh

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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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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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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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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. S

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Mar 17, 20173 min read

How Much You Care About Your Story Premise Makes a Difference

Here’s Writing Rule #11, and it’s an important one to keep in mind. Admittedly, all the writing rules are important to keep in mind. If the

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Mar 3, 20173 min read

A Novella Marketing Concept

While there are famous and profitable novellas out there, most if not all of them were written decades ago, like that list of examples I pro

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Feb 24, 20173 min read

Why You Really Want to Know Your Story’s Word Count Range

We’re now officially onto Writing Rule #8, the last Writing Rule you’ll be getting in February, actually. But let’s not waste time focusing

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