Outlining a novel might not be the right thing for every writer, but I firmly believe that it’s the best way to stay efficient and write a cohesive story without the headache of rewriting your book a million times. Making a story work is so much easier (or at least quicker and less labour-intensive) before […]
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I admit – I hadn’t ever thought that this was an issue that people were having. And yet, there are multiple people every day going on Google and asking the search engine Should I write a book or a blog? So clearly book vs blog is a problem that needs solving. I don’t know if
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You might already know that writing your first draft is just one of the first steps to writing a novel, but what should you do after it’s finished? Editing a book sounds like such a big undertaking and it can seem like so much work that it would be easier to not write anything to
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I firmly believe that being able to write books belongs to everyone and it’s my mission to make learning the necessary skills accessible. That said, sometimes the answer to the question “should I write a book?” is “no… not yet”. First, let’s clear something up. When I talk about “writing a book” in this post,
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We talk a lot about story structure here at Protagonist Crafts, but how can you make it simple for all those writers that find it overwhelming? Although I find my method of structuring your story pretty straightforward, I thought I should write another post with only the most important story structure questions. Whether you’ve got
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I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Writing is not a speed race. Writing fast has basically no other benefits besides writing fast. But how do you make the most of your writing time, especially when you don’t get paid to write books and you have work and other responsibilities to take
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There are so many things that writers can do instead of writing – some of them actually useful. Although I don’t want you to get sucked into browsing Pinterest for hours and kidding yourself that it counts as writing, learning how to make a moodboard for your novel can be a useful and inspiring exercise.
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There are almost as many ways to plan and draft a novel as there are writers, and all of them are valid as long as they work for you. I’ve already written three novel outlines and first drafts by hand, and in this post I share my tips if you’d like to do the same.
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Writing prompts are easy to come by on Instagram and Pinterest, but is there a benefit to using them? Keep reading to find out why writing prompts are important for all writers, beginners and professionals alike. IMPORTANT: We are NOT talking about AI prompts here and we never will. No, AI cannot write a book
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Although you can’t be a writer without writing, there’s more to life if you want to be a great writer. These things can seem unrelated, but I promise that if you want to become a better writer, these tips will help with that. If you came here looking for writing tips to help you become
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