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10 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Narrative Distance
10 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Narrative Distance What is Narrative Distance? Narrative distance refers to how close or far the narrator is from the reader, influencing how personally the reader experiences the story. There are five levels of narrative distance, ranging from very close (immediate) to very distant (remote). Now that we have the…
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6 Ways You Overwhelm Your Readers
Honing the craft of writing is more than grammar and punctuation. It’s creating a connection between the story and the reader. Whether it’s through similar experience, a beautiful new world, characters, but despite best efforts something always seems to occur. Authors overwhelming their readers. This of course happens based on the assumption: if I give…
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Master Self-Editing: 6 helpful tips That’ll Help You on Your Self-Editing Journey
Whether you decide to pass through your manuscript four times or just once, you enhance the quality of your work. Consequently, you either increase your chances of being picked up by a literally agent or you have one less stage of editing to go through during your self-publishing journey. Therefore, no matter which route you…
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You Don’t Have to Stick to Your Outline
There is a huge misconception when it comes to outlining and that a writer has to stick to the outline. As a planster, I highly encourage outlining while at the same time saying stray away from the outline if your creativity takes you into a new direction. Nothing is wrong with going with ideas that…
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How to Become a Better Writer using these 5 Tips
If you aspire to be a blogger, poet, novelist, et cetera, I think it’s important for you to know there is more than one way to become a better writer. For starters, read as much as you can. You need to be a reader to see how sometimes your story may or may not fit.…
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If You Want to Write a Book Planning is Key
Eureka! You’ve had a sudden blast of inspiration and now you have a great book idea. It’s genius and the world needs to read it. However, you’ve ran into you’re first dilemma: Where do I start? Well, here’s my solution. Plan. Sure, it is easier said than done writing a book can seem intimidating, but…
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Navigating the Editing Process: Are You Prepared for the Next Stage?
Embarking on the editing phase of your writing journey entails more than just preparing your manuscript for public consumption. It requires ensuring that you are equipped with the essential steps to accomplish this feat. In order to do so, it’s crucial to approach the editing process with diligence and thoughtfulness. A simple yet effective approach…
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The Wife Before – Book Review
A year ago, I read The Perfect Ruin by Shanora Williams so I knew I would want a taste of The Wife before, and she did not let me down. Summary After Samira Wilder is fired from her latest job everything appears to be going south. However, after picking up a quick gig she meets…
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How I Went From 2,000 words to 50,000 words in 3 months
Getting started may not be the pain point but actually writing the story is. In the article I will tell you how I went from 2,000 words to 50,000 words in a matter of 3 months.
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4 Types of readers
Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Readers are a big part of our journey just as much as editors. Readers provide the author with insight on what is working and what is not working based on their standpoint and the objective of…
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