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  Merging Your Fiction Writing With Real Life Experiences

  We are always told to ‘write what we know’ but what does that really mean? If you don’t have any desire to write an autobiography or can’t see how a book about your everyday experiences or the...

  • Posted May 17, 2017
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  What Are The Secrets Of A Successful Writer?

  Sometimes this whole writing business seems a little unfair. We do our best and yet time and time again we hear about another unheard of an indie author whose book suddenly started snowballing and has now landed...

  • Posted May 16, 2017
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  The Harsh Writing Advice You Need To Hear

  We spend a lot of time telling our fellow writers to go easy on themselves. After all, we are often our own worst critics and enemies. We can be so self-critical that sometimes it stops us writing...

  • Posted May 12, 2017
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  What Makes A Great Book Cover?

  When it comes to self-publishing one of the most important (and exciting) decisions you’ll have to make is what to do about your book cover. I can’t underestimate how crucial it is to put serious time and...

  • Posted May 11, 2017
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  Excellent Strategies For Revising Your First Draft

  When you finally finish the first draft of your book it can feel like a massive weight has been lifted from your shoulders. You got there! You did it! You achieved your goal! The feeling of elation...

  • Posted May 11, 2017
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  What To Do When You Feel like Giving Up

  No one ever said that writing was easy, and as writers and authors, we know better than anyone that writing requires dedication, determination and perseverance even when we feel like we are getting nowhere at all. If...

  • Posted May 10, 2017
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  How To Scare Your Readers

  Scaring your readers isn’t necessarily about writing a full-blown horror story. In fact, whatever the genre of book you are writing and whatever your story is about there is probably room to inject a little fear into...

  • Posted May 10, 2017
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  How To Plan Your Writing

  Good writing is usually writing that is well planned. However liberating and wonderful it can feel to simply sit down and just write if you want to create a well-crafted story with just the right mix of...

  • Posted May 10, 2017
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  How To Create A Useful Outline For Your Story

  Research and planning are crucial to any story, and before you even begin you should already have an outline written down. An outline acts as the roadmap for your story, keeps you on the straight and narrow...

  • Posted May 5, 2017
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  Don’t Forget About Your Secondary Characters

  For many writers much of their story is focused on their protagonist - this is the main character in your novel, the one whose journey we follow throughout, the one we are most invested in, and the...

  • Posted May 4, 2017
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