There are loads of opinions about writing character appearance so it can be confusing trying to understand what’s the right way to do it. Should you mention appearance at all? Do you need fancy words to describe the colour of someone’s eyes? In this post, I’ll tell you what really matters when you describe character […]
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A non-writer recently told me that you basically have to be rich or retired to have the time to write books, and I was slightly confused because I’m not yet either of those things. And here I am, writing novels anyway. Weird, right? I have to be honest, though: I don’t have a day job
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I had my old, classic Kindle since 2012 so I’m not one to get a new Kindle every time they come up with a new edition. Knowing that, I think it says something that I got immediately excited about the Kindle Scribe when I first heard about it. I admit: Scribe apparently came out in
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There’s a lot of advice floating around on the internet about writing dialogue and not all of it is great. I mean, did you know real people stutter? And they use filler words a lot?? Yeah, I bet they do, but that has nothing to do with writing. So how do you write realistic dialogue
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I’ve written about choosing the right character names before, but I also get a lot of views from people searching for ideas for character names, so I figured I needed to do something about that. Choosing names for your characters isn’t always easy and sometimes you just need someone to tell you what to do
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There are more stories in the world than there are people, so coming up with something never-been-read-before is a big ask. How can you write unique stories when everything has already been said? And ultimately, does it even matter? How to write a unique story is what we’ll be discussing today, and I’ll give you
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Medical history for writers is a series I’ve been planning to write for FOUR YEARS and never got around to until now. I was supposed to start by writing about plague but I figured I might as well start from something instead of waiting to do more research on that, so here we are, talking
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First they were enemies and now they’re lovers – but how does that happen? How do you use the enemies to lovers trope well when writing a romance novel? If you want to learn how to do that and get some enemies to lovers writing prompts while you’re at it, keep reading! From enemies to
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Who doesn’t love summer? Well, apparently a lot of people, but there’s still something special about the season. If you’ve come here to get ideas for summer stories, you’re in the right place. Previously, I’ve given you story setting tips about summer, so you might want to check that post out after you’ve found your
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Choosing the right point of view for your story and then sticking to your choice is important in making your story enjoyable and readable. But what if you’ve already written your story and you want to change your point of view? I originally wrote my book What Birds Are Made Of in third person intimate,
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