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Developing Your Personal Writing Style

Simply put, writing style refers to how you use language. Your specific style is developed from how you use certain features of a particular language to bring out the meaning. As a writer, there is something distinctive about the way you use these features that...

10 Ways To Polish Your Writing

10 Ways To Polish Your Writing 1. Avoid Long-Winded Statements: Long-winded explanations and unnecessary details are boring, exhausting, and take the pleasure out of the reading experience. If the additional explanation adds very little or nothing to the content, leave it out. Read an example of...

Three Mistakes to Avoid on Your Fiction First Draft

Whether you’re looking to entice your readers with your wonderful, well-imagined, and exciting characters or to grab the attention of a literary agent with your powerful storytelling skills, there are some elements of writing that writers tend to ignore when they write the first draft and...

Authors Who Inspire

There was a time when readers avoided memoirs. There was no spark to the story; it was dry and uninspiring; it just told a story about a person’s life. With the increasing demands to entertain readers, to capture their attention from the first line, the...

Writing About Social Issues For the Young Adult Market

There are a lot of pressing issues facing teens today. One of the biggest concerns is teen suicide. What drives a teenager to want to end his/her life? It can’t be stress and peer pressure alone. Two serious causes of teen suicide have been identified:...

How to Switch Between Your Creative Brain and Editing Brain

We've all been there. Writer's block. You sit down at your computer, ready to write 500 more words in your book today... and nothing happens. You try to pound out a couple hundred, but afterwards your new section jars with the flow that the rest...

Top 5 Best Software Programs for Organizing Your Novel

With the advent of technology, writers of the modern age have a new set of tools to boost their creativity and increase their productivity. Thanks to these programs, they can easily organize their thoughts and edit their work. But with so many programs available on the...

The How, Why, And When Of Writing Nonfiction Book Introductions

When readers are deciding whether or not to buy a book, they usually start by looking at introductions. Introductions answer the pertinent questions that readers ask when buying books. The title, cover, and synopsis might already have potential readers interested. The only thing remaining for...

Rewriting Tips - Murder your Darlings

“Rewriting Tips - Murder your Darlings” by Debra Gaynor How exciting! You had an idea, cultivated it, and spent countless hours putting it to paper, and now you are finally done! Congratulations! You have done what many dream of doing but lack the drive to accomplish....

6 Steps For Learning How To Get Yourself Noticed As A Quality Freelancer

One of the hardest things that you can do as a freelancer is getting yourself noticed. There are many other freelancers out there who want the same jobs as you and who are just as qualified or even more qualified than you are. So, how...