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Dealing with Editors

An editor can be your best friend or your worst enemy. In truth, I don’t think that you want him or her to be either.

How Bad is Your Antihero?

Lately I’ve had several people ask for tips on how to write antiheroes. So my first question is, “How ‘bad’ is your antihero?” An antihero

Dialog Tags
Writing

Writing Wretched Dialog Tags

If you really want to write wretched dialog, you should consider working on your dialog tags. Here are a few options that you might not

What’s the Rush?

I see a lot of trends in today’s literature. Perhaps the biggest one is that every writer seems to be in a rush. Many new

Aim for Profundity

For some authors, it is enough to try to make big bucks, but most of us would like to deliver a powerful message at times,

Are You Writing a Book, or a Movie?

In his book on screenwriting, George Lucas briefly discusses the difference in approach between writing a movie or a book. Since this question lies at

Taking it Slow

A couple of years ago, I read that over a quarter of a million people participate in NaNoWriMo each year, yet it seems to me

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