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We’ve talked about the editing process on this blog before but not about how to know when your book is finished. There are no exact answers, but with these editing tips, you can decide for yourself when to stop working on your future best-selling novel. So how many times should you edit your novel? And […]
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Plot and character are integral parts of your novel, but did you know they aren’t actually as separate from each other as you might have thought? Because the reality is, the plot doesn’t happen to your protagonist, it happens through them. In this blog post, I will tell you a little more about how plot
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Writing tips are easy to come by but it’s a lot more difficult to apply those tips to your writing. These creative writing exercises for beginners will help you get started on the right foot and you can avoid at least some of the cringe that comes from your writing not being quite what you
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Choosing names for your characters is a small part of the whole novel-writing process but it can be surprisingly difficult. I rarely struggle with naming most of my characters, but there’s always one that I can’t seem to find a good name for or the only names that feel right are something that I’ve already
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I want to write a book, where do I start? I talk a lot about how to write a book as a beginner writer, but we haven’t talked as much about how to START writing a book. Let’s fix that now. As is usually the case with writing books, there isn’t just one way to
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The internet is full of writing advice and it can feel overwhelming when all you want to do is to start writing and write well. Is said really dead? And what was it about adverbs? In this blog post, I will share my best beginner writing tips that will actually help you become a better
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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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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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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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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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