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WRITING
Are flashbacks fizzling your fiction? | KRISTEN LAMB’S BLOG
We need to broaden our understanding of the “flashback” because lumping every backwards shift in time under one umbrella won’t work.
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Commas matter. That tiny period-with-a-tail can change the meaning of your entire sentence, and your use of it quickly demonstrates just how well you know the English language.
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‘Mentally risky’ means that authors often tackle subjects which can disturb others, by presenting unusual viewpoints, and causing the reader to question their usual attitudes.
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Setting is not a backdrop. It isn’t just a jumble of sights and sounds and smells and tastes and textures. It is so much more.
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Complete this questionnaire for your character even if you never use the information in your book.
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Early on in my career, I learned that the hero’s WANT and NEED are two separate things and integral to the Character Arc.
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Dialogue is the writer’s equivalent of the Swiss army knife. What other storytelling tool lets you reveal character, advance the plot, establish the setting, and deliver a theme, all at the same time? Well-written dialogue is a fast and easy read.
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SCREENWRITING
- WHAT’S IN A MIND?: Understanding antagonists | SCRIPT MAG
If a film or screenplay makes me loath but love, then empathise but hate the antagonist – all in one sitting – then a massive bravo to that screenwriter from yours truly (insert standing ovation here).
- How to sound like a professional screenwriter | LA SCREENWRITER
So, how do you know if you’re sounding like a pro or an amateur?
- Hitchcock and the ticking time bomb: Are we doing it wrong? | SCRIPT MAG
Alfred Hitchcock is without a doubt one of the giants of film and television.
- Why you should join a writers group | LA SCREENWRITER
You should join a writers group. Today.
Why if you hate The Walking Dead? | KEN LEVINE
What must it be like for critics when time or circumstances make it harder for them to do their job?
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SELF-PUBLISHING
- Should you migrate your books from Smashwords to Draft2Digital? | SKIPJACK PUBLISHING
All my future books, I will aggregate through D2D. But not all my current ones. So what’s to stop me from adding all my books to D2D now?
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Build your global sales with Kobo writing life | THE BOOK DESIGNER
Why should self-published authors and small publishers distribute directly to Kobo? And how can you grow your global sales?
Why you can’t expect success from publishing a book | JUST PUBLISHING ADVICE
How do you know if your book is going to sell? You don’t.
How to customize your email newsletter sign-up forms to increase reader engagement | JANE FRIEDMAN
The connection with your email newsletter subscribers starts much sooner than you think. Connection begins somewhere unexpected, in a place that many gloss over or ignore altogether: your signup forms.
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