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Becoming a better writer is an ongoing project. There’s always more to learn about writing great stories. If you only ever focus on writing full novels without taking the time to do different writing exercises, you’re missing out on opportunities to practise your writing skills and to improve as an author. Imagine if a runner […]
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I recently polled some of my writer friends and almost everyone agreed that coming up with a title for your story is hard. Finding the right title is important because a bad or boring title might turn readers away, and having a title that is too generic will harm your searchability. If you’re also one
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Is one of your new year’s resolutions to write your first novel in 2025? If so, you’ve come to the right place! Read these tips to set yourself up for success when it comes to writing your novel this upcoming year. Find your best story idea first Although finding the right story idea is just
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The movie Sixth Sense has one of the most iconic plot twists of all time, but how can you come up with something similar if you’re writing a novel? It might seem like a difficult task, but in fact, there are only three steps to writing a gasp-worthy plot twist. In this post you’re going
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Outlining a novel might not be everyone’s favourite part of the writing process but it doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. What could an EASY novel outline look like? As much as I love writing a scene outline for every scene in my stories, you might want to choose something simpler. A detailed outline
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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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