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Defining and Maintaining your Writing Routine

Creating and maintaining any productive habit can be difficult and many times frustrating. When established, however, these habits can be extremely beneficial in relation to adopting a more productive lifestyle. As a writer, it can be challenging to define a writing routine that works for...

Tips for Writing an Epilogue

An epilogue is the part of a story that appears at the end of a book and is meant to conclude or comment on the main story. Depending on how effectively it is used, epilogues can have great impact by making the story unforgettable. Tip #1 Use...

4 Ways to Write Authentic War Stories

The beginning of the past century was marked by a world war and less than three decades later the world would experience the horrors of another world war. Apart from these major wars, other wars were fought and more people perished. The impact these and other...

How to Flesh Out the Main Character

Let’s say you are working on a novel. You decide to make it a crime novel. When writing any manuscript for a proposed novel, an important element of the story is the main character. Just like in a movie script or a Broadway play, it...

How to Fall in Love with the Writing Process Part 3

The last three questions you need to ask yourself are perhaps the most important: Four – Are you open to change? There are three stages of change a character must pass through – enlightenment, where a new perspective is found; decision, not always a good one, that...

How to Fall in Love with the Writing Process Part 2

On to the next question: Two – Is your focus on the small details or on the bigger picture? If you aren’t quite sure of the answer, think about this. You ask someone to fetch you a pen; do you just ask for the pen or do...

How to Fall In Love With The Writing Process Part 1

Do you love your characters? Do you find your plots exciting? Perhaps more importantly, do you love the art of creating something? If you can answer yes to all three, you have a real passion for writing. If you can’t then you don’t. But it isn’t...

Myths About Writing Young Adult Fiction

Whether you are a reader or a writer of young adult fiction, there are a lot of misunderstandings and misconceptions, so hopefully this article will clear many of them up and give you a better insight into the term 'young adult fiction.'  Young adult fiction is...

Prologues, What they are and What role they play Part 2

Prologues are, however, not always important and some authors prefer to leave them out. A good reason for this is because they can be confusing to the reader. If the prologue is not tied effectively to the main plot, the reader can be left with questions....

Prologues, What they are and What role they play Part 1

A prologue is a part of a book that comes before the main story. It usually foreshadows what will happen in the story and does not usually belong to the timeline described in the book. When used effectively, it can add to the book’s content...