Developing Charisma as an Author
Over the past three decades, I’ve helped a number of writers reach the point where they’ve become international bestsellers, and I’ve spotted a trend. Most
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A Proofreader in Your Pocket
A Proofreader in Your Pocket A Guest Post by Nikolas Baron from Grammarly Do you enjoy editing and proofreading your own work? If you’re like
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When to Focus on Your World
An ad for a popular screenwriting class recently stated, “A great screenplay starts with character,” so their latest offering was on creating great characters. But
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The Price of Magic
Everything in life has a cost. It’s a law so universally understood that we feel it in our bones. Yet when we deal with fiction,
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A Question of Balance
How do you develop as a writer? It requires a balance of study and practice. As a new writer, I heard that the average writer
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The Loneliness Problem
I often look for similarities in great stories to see what works. One aspect that I see very often is that powerful stories resolve “the
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Bring Creative Solutions to Your Writing Career
Earlier this week I wrote about some new challenges facing Indie authors and suggested that one solution to them might be to look again at
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New Struggles in Self-Publishing
I hesitate to mention problems with self-publishing. In some genres, such as romance or self-help books, the industry is doing great. But for those who
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Be Double-Minded
The Apostle James warned that “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” For characters, being double-minded is a good thing. A “double-minded” person
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Be Honest
A story needs to be honest. Now, that isn’t quite the same as saying that a story must be true. Obviously when we are writing
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Be Imaginative
Artist Zaria Forman, source: The Daily Mail I judge stories for the world’s largest fantasy and science fiction writing contest. When I’m judging, the first
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The Truth About Writer’s Block
Some authors never get “Writer’s Block,” and they don’t believe that it exists. They’ll blithely say, “Do doctors ever get ‘Doctor’s block,’ or do plumbers
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Audience Analysis: Part One
How to get to know your audience As a new writer, you might not have given a great deal of thought to audience analysis. I’ve
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To Win Big, You Have to Enter the Race
Last week I got a note from a student who just had a novel accepted by a major publisher. He seemed a little surprised at
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Writing the Impossible
When I fell in love with the idea of writing, it was after reading my favorite novel of all time. I thought, “I want to
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