Writing a novel isn’t for everyone. Yes, everyone should get the chance and the information to do it – that’s why I write this blog – but does writing suit everyone? Not at all. Writing a novel is more than just putting enough words on the page and calling it a day. First of all, […]
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Some types of stories rely on character feelings more than others but no story should be written completely without your characters expressing feelings in some way. Okay, maybe you’re writing about robots with no feelings, but characters should always react to everything that happens and some of that reaction should include feelings as well unless
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You probably already know that your characters shouldn’t be perfect, but how can you write character flaws the right way? There are actually multiple reasons why your characters need flaws and it isn’t just to make them relatable or believable. You also need to consider your plot, and that’s where specifically your main charcater’s flaws
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Although I’ve been writing stories ever since I learned to write, I hadn’t considered reading books about writing or intentionally learning anything about the craft until a few years ago. I do not exaggerate at all when I say it changed my life. My writing life, of course, but also my life in general when
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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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You might already know that writing well is a skill you can learn, but where should you go to learn that skill? Is a creative writing degree your only option or should you take a novel writing course online instead? Or should you just become a self-taught writer? To be honest, there are no right
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Generally in fiction, you have two options for tense: present tense (she runs) and past tense (she ran). Along with point of view, your tense is something you need to decide as soon as you start writing and that decision will affect your whole manuscript. But what is the best tense to write a novel
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Point of view is one of the first things you should think of before you start writing your novel. It’s literally impossible to write a story without any point of view, so you need to know what yours is right from the beginning. In this post, you learn what the points of view in fiction
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Many new writers resist the idea of story structure, but when they finally learn about it, they realise it actually solves most of their problems with plotting their stories. I was one of those writers once. While many people have an innate sense of basic novel structure simply because they’ve been exposed to it their
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There are different methods of outlining a novel and no method is more correct than the other. I’m well aware that not every writer likes to outline their story beforehand, but I firmly believe that outlining your book is the best way to avoid writer’s block and unnecessary rewrites. The way I like to outline
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