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Character Types in Fiction - Part 2
In my most recent post I introduced two types of characters, The Hero, (protagonist), and the Mentor, (Wizard, Wise Old Man / Wise Old Woman). Today, we’ll continue in the same vein and introduce addi… more →
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The Making of I Know Who You Are!
mftwins wrote 4 days ago: The 3Gs – Germination Growth Greatness by Fatima Masood Germination ‘I Know Who You Are!’ orig … more →
Character Types in Fiction - Part 2
This Business of Writing wrote 1 week ago: In my most recent post I introduced two types of characters, The Hero, (protagonist), and the Mentor … more →
Character Types in Fiction
This Business of Writing wrote 1 week ago: As we travel together down the road of how to write a novel, I’ve talked about the steps your protag … more →
How to write a novel (the Justine method)
jason nahrung wrote 1 week ago: In her acceptance speech at the World Fantasy Awards ceremony this year, Margo Lanagan paid tribute … more →
Historical Dialogue in Fiction
This Business of Writing wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent post on this blog concerned the technique of bringing forth language from an earlier time a … more →
Writing a Novel in 30 Days
The Crusty Curmudgeon wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo by Valeriana-Solaris/flickr Here in the beehive offices of The Curmudgeon, it is pleasant to h … more →
Writing a novel: the journey begins
Karla wrote 3 weeks ago: Welcome to another woman writer. I’m a writer from northeastern Wisconsin. I’ve published dozens of … more →
The Hidden Secret to Dialogue
schulzecpatrick wrote 3 weeks ago: Dialogue may be one of the toughest lessons a successful writer must learn and is often the differen … more →
The Hidden Secret to Dialogue
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This Business of Writing wrote 3 weeks ago: Dialogue may be one of the toughest lessons a successful writer must learn and is often the differen … more →
Authors’ Positioning in the Emerging Publishing Paradigm
This Business of Writing wrote 3 weeks ago: A a number of aspiring authors have spoken to me relative to their fears concerning the current pric … more →
Are you ready for NaNoWriMo?
R.W. Ridley wrote 1 month ago: Your ticket to literary insomnia. No, NaNoWriMo is not a newer, deadlier strain of the Swine flu. I … more →
12 Ways an Agent Considers Your Query
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This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: I am not an agent, I’ve never had an agent, nor have I ever personally known an agent. Why then, am … more →
The Query Letter Made Simple
This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: I read a tweet the other day that say something like, if you’re overly worried about your query, you … more →
THE Cardinal Rule of Writing
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This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: We all know the cardinal rule in writing is “Show. Don’t tell.” It sounds simple, but what does it r … more →
15 Tips for Character Names
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This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: The most important words in every language are exactly the same. They are an individual’s name. Want … more →
Tips from the Masters
This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: We’ve all heard to emulate the successful should we seek success. Well, here’s what the successful s … more →
Ten Tips to Remain Unpublished
This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: We all want to see our books on the shelves with throngs of people coming to the store to grab a cop … more →
The Simple Secret to Avoiding the Slush Pile
This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: I listened to an agent’s panel recently and a not-so-well-hidden secret was revealed to me and the r … more →
Titles as Tools
This Business of Writing wrote 1 month ago: We all know the importance of titles to our books. They, as do cover designs, make or break the work … more →
