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Weird Behavior Makes For Interesting Characters

When you are creating your characters, the most memorable ones are always those with a strange quirkiness.The line between sanity and insanity is not always clear cut. If you think of characters in a Dickens' novel, such as Miss Haversham or Fagin, their madness was quite...

Understand The Psychology Of Your Characters

When you are creating characters, it is vital you have a basic understanding of psychology, which is what makes any character behave and think in a certain way. If you can figure out the inner workings of your character's mind, then you will know immediately...

How To Become A Writing Genius

As you stumble through life just trying to make a breakthrough in the world of literature, it becomes harder to consider yourself a genius. But allow me to let you into a little secret; you already are a genius, you just need to know how to...

How To Make The Perfect Manuscript Rewrite

So you have completed the first draft of your book and are ready to allow a person read it. This person must have a clear understanding of storyline and plot development. Their feedback must be non-biased and constructive. Once you have received the feedback from...

Writing The Perfect Villain

Every protagonist needs an antagonist to conquer because without a battle to overcome evil, there is a very flat storyline. When you are creating your protagonist, keep in mind that every value and goal they have, the antagonist will oppose and vice versa.However, it is...

10 Tips for Getting Paid to Write for Listverse - Part 3

So, here we are, the final part of 10 Tips for Getting Paid to Write for Listverse. This is where it all comes together, and the money comes winging in. Don’t Let Rejections Set You Back You got your subject, you worked out an angle and you...

10 Tips for Getting Paid to Write for Listverse – Part 2

Welcome back to part 2 of this mini-series on writing for Listverse. We won't waste any more time, let’s continue with the tips for writing the perfect list: Make Sure You are Familiar with The Guidelines No matter which website you submit writing to, they will all...

10 Tips for Getting Paid to Write for Listverse – Part 1

We all like to think that we can get paid for writing, especially for writing a list of things! Listverse is a popular website that publishes lists and, if they like your work enough, they’ll even pay you $100 USD! Anyone can do it, you...

Mythical Creatures of New Zealand

In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...

Writing Strong Female Characters When You Are A Man

I read somewhere recently that there are not enough books that portray female characters realistically, books are not doing them justice. This might be down to a lack of female writers being published, and sadly it may be a while until this position changes. So...