Learning from the Masters: On World-Building

So I’m attempting to write a fantasy novel for the first time ever. Writing in this genre has its pros and cons. Pros: I get to make up the entire world I’m writing about! Cons: I have to make up the entire world I’m writing about…

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Learning From the Masters: The Meet-Cute Part IV

No series on writing meet-cutes would be complete without quoting the master of the contemporary YA romance: Stephanie Perkins.

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Get Over Writer’s Block by Copying

And no, I’m not suggesting plagiarism…

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Improve Your Writing: On Dialogue Tags

Just time for a quick writing lesson today…

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Learning from the Masters: The Meet-Cute

So! If you follow me on Twitter you know I started writing a new novel…

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Improve Your Writing: Kill Your Darlings

It’s advice you hear over and over and over again…

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Writing Tip: Take A Break

So I know this might seem counterproductive, but one of the biggest things I’ve learned in the 5+ years I’ve been writing is…

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Friday Things

Happy fall!

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Learning from the Masters: On Varying Sentence Length

What would you say the goal of writing a novel is?

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Learning From The Masters: On Subtlety

So I want to talk about one of my favorite things in fiction… Subtlety. I’ve already written about how one of my biggest pet peeves in books is showing and telling. I also wrote a post on how to not do that.  I think the best novels are ones that show you everything that’s happening–then leave it to […]

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