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  Make Your First Draft Kick Ass!

  We hear it time and time again. First drafts are rubbish. No matter how talented a writer you are, the first draft of your book will be full of errors, of self-indulgent nonsense, of poor character development,...

  • Posted June 29, 2017
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  Writing A Memoir? Avoid These Mistakes!

  Writing a memoir can be an extremely exciting project for any writer. However, it’s often a lot harder than you think! Just because you are writing something personal, recalling things that have happened to you and telling...

  • Posted June 25, 2017
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  How To Write Your Book Faster

  Sometimes the book writing process can feel agonisingly slow. We expect that we’ll definitely be finished our first drafts by such and such a point, and when that time rolls by we are so far away from...

  • Posted June 25, 2017
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  Hiring An Editor? Here’s How To Make The Most Of Them

  Whether or not to hire a professional editor is a decision every author must make after they have got their manuscript to the best possible version it can be. Many believe that if you want to give...

  • Posted June 24, 2017
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  What Is The Difference Between Editing And Critiquing?

  Understanding the difference between editing and critiquing is really rather important. This is particularly pertinent for authors who have come to the end of their personal editing and redrafting process and are looking to hire and editor...

  • Posted June 24, 2017
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  Traditional Vs Self-Publishing – Which Should You Choose?

  When you have finished your book, redrafted it, edited it, let friends, colleagues and strangers read it, re-drafted it again, you may finally be ready to publish. Now you have another big decision to make. Deciding whether...

  • Posted June 23, 2017
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  About To Submit? Read This First!

  One thing that all writers know is that sending off your manuscript before it’s ready is an absolute no-no. Of course, most of us are perfectionists and would never dream of submitting our manuscripts to publishers before...

  • Posted June 23, 2017
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  Great Ways To Begin Your Story

  Starting your story is just the beginning, but it is often the very hardest part. I am sure we all know the feeling of sitting down to start a new writing project, staring at that blank screen...

  • Posted June 18, 2017
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  How To End Your Chapters Well

  Every writer knows that ending your chapters well is crucial. You want to bring that particular scene or a piece of action to an end, while also leaving everything on a mini cliffhanger so your readers can’t...

  • Posted June 15, 2017
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  How To Act Like A Writer

  Ever heard of the phrase ‘fake it until you make it?’ Well, sometimes that’s what writers have to do in order to get by. It’s so common for writers to deny what they are. We live in...

  • Posted June 14, 2017
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