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Laying The Foundation For Your Novel: Step One

What makes a superb novel? Is it scintillating characters? A strong storyline? A brilliantly executed character arc? Or, perhaps it is the fifty-page outline and two sentence synopsis? Although we are still in search of The Sure-fire Formula for writing a best-selling novel, there are...

Indie Authors: Disney and Saving Mr. Banks

As an admitted lover of sentimental and feel-good movies, I felt compelled to recently watch the movie, Saving Mr. Banks on DVD. It starred Tom Hanks as the genial yet shrewd businessman, Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as the dour author, P.L. Travers, the writer of...

What to Write about in Sports

Sports is a very large topic field because of the numerous different sports and the many different teams and leagues each sport has. The immensity of the topic means that a writer needs to narrow the sports topic down by perspective and focus. In choosing...

What to Write about in Sex and Gender

Sex and gender has grown into an enormous field to write about because there are so many new topics about sex and gender. The vastness of the topic means that a writer needs to narrow the sex and gender topic down by perspective and focus....

What to Write About in Technology

Technology has grown into an enormous field to write about because there are so many diverse types of technology. The immensity of the topic means that the writer needs to narrow the field down by perspective and focus. The writer should take care to choose...

The Black Rose

The black rose is an enchanting flower that blossoms only in the rarest of places (in our case, Turkey). For years now, the black rose has been associated with death, darkness, and decay. In Amelia Atwater-Rhodes’s Den of Shadow series, the black rose is represented...

What to Write About in Science

Science is a vast field to write about because there are so many different types of sciences. The vastness of the topic means that the writer needs to narrow the topic down by perspective and focus. The writer should take care to choose a perspective...

Why Isn't It Selling?

Getting a book completed and ready for market is a daunting task. Most authors spend hundreds of hours polishing and pulling together their work and are remotely exhausted when they finish. Once the book is "done", many indie authors make the fatal error of publishing too...

Manuscript Rejection Feedback: What To Change And What To Ignore

There are many reasons a manuscript can be rejected. When an agent or publisher rejects your manuscript, they will give you feedback on why they think your work is not good enough for publishing. When you receive this feedback, you have a couple of options....

Writing Young Adult and Children's Fiction: Avoid Parenting Your Characters.

When writing for kids, your parenting instincts might take over the story and lead you into policing your characters. Parenting characters is brought on by the natural instinct to protect. Policing often leads to adult characters taking over the story. This is usually because you...