Rob Bignell, Editor/Author1d ago
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5 Great Quotations about the W...
5 Great Quotations about the Writing Process

“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.” – Neil Gaiman“You have to go where the book leads you.” – Stephen King“When you wri…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author1d ago
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Incorporate Man vs. Man Confli...
Incorporate Man vs. Man Conflict into Your Story

When developing your story, you’ll want your characters to face a number of challenges or conflicts. One of the most basic of them is man vs. man. In this conflict, the main character finds his goa…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author1d ago
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Utilize man vs. man conflict i...
Utilize man vs. man conflict in story

When developing your story, you’ll want your characters to face a number of challenges or conflicts. One of the most basic of them is man vs. man. In this conflict, the main character finds his goa…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author3d ago
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Use third-person limited for g...
Use third-person limited for greater clarity

One type of third-person point of view is third-person limited. This is when the narrator tells the story only from the perspective of what the main character can observe and think, but u…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author3d ago
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Show Rather than Tell a Charac...
Show Rather than Tell a Character’s Personality

All too often, novice writers make the mistake of telling us a character’s personality, as in Jane was sweet and elegant yet suffered from a penchant for dangerous adventures. Rather than…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author3d ago
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Types of third-person point of...
Types of third-person point of views

By far, the most common point of view used in literature is that of third-person.When the narrator is not a character in a story, a third-person point of view is being used. All character…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author4d ago
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Five Great Quotations about Bu...
Five Great Quotations about Business of Writing

“The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and considering all others as mere transient meteors, doomed to soon fa…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author5d ago
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3 Tips For Creating a Great Vi...
3 Tips For Creating a Great Villain

• How to create an interesting villain for your storyWhen creating an antagonist – or villain – in a story, beginning writers often opt for a cardboard figure who simply opposes the story’s hero or…

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J.M. Hill5d ago

There has never been a better time to be an author. There has also never been a harder time to be a good one.

New post: https://blog.jmhill.me/the-democratization-of-bad-writing/

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The Democratization of Bad Writing

There has never been a better time to be an author. There has also, arguably, never been a harder time to be a good one. The rise of self-publishing platforms, print-on-demand services, and digital storefronts has done something genuinely remarkable: it has handed a megaphone to anyone with a story

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author5d ago
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Opt for scene over summary whe...
Opt for scene over summary when writing stories

All too often when novice fiction writers put together a story, an editor will mark whole paragraphs or sections as “Show don’t tell!” or say it was underwritten. In such cases, the writer likely h…

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