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The price of success as a sequel seed

At the end of your story, your protagonist and their friends should have achieved some elements of success. As readers,[…]

The most powerful tool a writer has is the line of questions that begin “what if…?”. For example: What if[…]

Today we will take a look at dialogue and dialogue tags to answer some common questions. How often should we[…]

Fiction is, by its very nature, something you make up but that does not mean that research cannot play a[…]

Thanks to Jason for this suggestion, we are going to take a deeper dive into the complexities and questions that[…]

I have been challenged to write about story endings. Which, if I am honest, I do not feel so confident[…]

In this post, I am going to try and cover all of the suggested topic “how to create three-dimensional major[…]

For reasons I am going to explain, today we take a dive into tenses and narrative viewpoints. I recently asked[…]

Most writers use a word processor to type up or write directly. Here are some tips to work smarter not[…]

Today we are going to take a deep look into the question, is it hard to become a writer? No.[…]

What is a good crime or mystery without the presence of a dead body to really spice up the tale?[…]

Your hero or heroine should not be perfect. Far from it – their flaws and failings are what make them[…]