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Score Story Plot Points with H...

Score Story Plot Points with Head Fake

Many readers enjoy books in which they attempt to solve the story’s central problem before the main character does. To add to such readers’ pleasure, authors sometimes will create “diversions”…

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You don't need advice from editors on rejected manuscripts

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You don't need advice from editors on rejected manuscripts. My short story “Ender's Game” was rejected by Ben Bova at Analog back when that was the top market for a sci-fi story. Ben gave me feedback. He thought the title should be “Professional Soldier” and he said to “cut it

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Five Great Quotations about St...

Five Great Quotations about Stories

“A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.” – Diane Setterfield“…great writers are indecent people. They live unfairly, saving the best part for paper.” &#…

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Questions to Ask Before Writing a Script for a YouTube Video #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

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Create playlist to write your ...

Create playlist to write your story by

Create a “playlist” for your characters and story, selecting songs that help you get into your character’s frame of mind of the scene’s tone. Then play those songs as you write. Do you find th…

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11 Tips to Help You Avoid Tell...

11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing

• Avoid exposition (Show, don’t tell!) Want to slow your story to a glacial grind and get readers to quit reading your story? Then load it with lots of exposition. Problems arising with expo…

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How To Identify And Fix All The Places Where Telling - Or Exposition - Rears Up In Your Writing #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/194887234X

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Five Great Quotations about Re...

Five Great Quotations about Revising

“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.” – Anton Chekhov“I have w…

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Avoid writing concealed identi...

Avoid writing concealed identity story

One kind of plot you should avoid is the concealed identity story. This involves keeping the main character’s identity or true nature secret until the end of the story, often the last line. Sometim…

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Avoid Writing Bifurcated Story

Avoid Writing Bifurcated Story

Does your story really feel like two stories? Perhaps one portion of it appears to be in conflict with another portion, maybe over tone or theme. The problem might be that the story hasn’t be…

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