It's easy to make these mistakes when you create a new world.
http://thereanddraftagain.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/avoiding-fantasy-pitfalls/
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
How to Include Ethnic Diversity
In order to be authentic, you must do your research.
http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2013/04/lynn-joseph-on-diversity-in-writing.html
http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2013/04/lynn-joseph-on-diversity-in-writing.html
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multicultural
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Poetry
If you've forgotten (or never learned), the different types of poems, this list is for you.
http://www.kenneymyers.com/blog/the-big-list-of-different-types-of-poems/
http://www.kenneymyers.com/blog/the-big-list-of-different-types-of-poems/
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poetry
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Avoid Cliches and Stereotypes
These ten techniques will help make your stories and characters unique.
http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-ten-ways-to-avoid-cliches-and-stereotypes
http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-ten-ways-to-avoid-cliches-and-stereotypes
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writing
Monday, May 6, 2013
How Much Research
Even if you're writing contemporary realistic fiction, you still need to research aspects of your story.
http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/how-much-detail-is-enough-for-your-story/
http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/how-much-detail-is-enough-for-your-story/
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research
Three-Act Structure
Here's a straightforward of the classic three-act structure of a novel.
http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/three-act-structure-a-pair-of-spanx-for-your-novel/
http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/three-act-structure-a-pair-of-spanx-for-your-novel/
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plot
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Cliches
You might want to avoid these storytelling cliches.
http://litreactor.com/columns/top-10-storytelling-cliches-that-need-to-disappear-forever
http://litreactor.com/columns/top-10-storytelling-cliches-that-need-to-disappear-forever
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cliches
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Questions for Agents
Answers to the questions you were afraid or embarrassed to ask.
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/literary-agents-unleashed-answers-to-questions-youre-too-afraid-to-ask
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/literary-agents-unleashed-answers-to-questions-youre-too-afraid-to-ask
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agents,
getting_published
Friday, May 3, 2013
Information Dumps
Your reader doesn't need to know everything about your characters and setting in the first few pages of your novel.
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/04/dont-be-information-dumper-guest-post.html
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/04/dont-be-information-dumper-guest-post.html
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