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Story Pacing – Urgency – Hooking Readers
The First Fifty - Crucial - Pages of Your Book

What is the Best Point of View to Use in Fiction?
Benefits and Drawbacks of Each POV in Your MS

As a beginning writer who chose to write my first book in first-person narrative, I discovered the drawbacks of such an approach the hard way.
Halfway through the book,… Continue reading →
Adverbs – Part Two
What Words Serve as Both Adjectives & Adverbs?

Yes, some words can serve as both adjectives and adverbs.
- He swung hard with a right hook.
Here, hard serves as an adverb which modifies the verb swung.
- When… Continue reading →
Adverbs – Part One
What is an Adverb?
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Here’s some examples:

Adjective Form:
- happy
- clear
- close
- dear
- perfect
Adverb Form:
- happily
- clearly
- closely
- dearly
- perfectly
Of course,… Continue reading →
World Building – Information Dumps in Your Story
Are You Overwhelming Your Readers?

Have you ever run across a prologue like this:
(usually in sci-fi books)
Captain Briggs took the helm and began shouting orders. “Ensign, optimize the traspositional filtration valves to ignite the gravitational destabilizers.”… Continue reading →
Sentence Fragments – Stylistic Choice?
Should I Use Sentence Fragments?

Sentence fragments.
Who cares? You? Me?
Anyone?
Depends.
Writing nonfiction?
Probably wouldn’t.
Work, that is.
Writing fiction?
Could be.
Depends.
On what?
Style.
Edit Your Book
Why You Should Edit Before You Send to An Editor

Whether you’re publishing your book yourself, sending to an agent, or to a publisher follow these important tips.
When you’re getting ready to send your manuscript off, always… Continue reading →
Active Versus Passive Voice
Engage Your Reader with Active Voice in Your Writing

While it has it’s uses – mostly in business writing – passive voice is considered weak and unappealing.
Technically speaking, voice is determined by the property of a transitive… Continue reading →
How to Write a Book – Tips & Ideas
What's the Best Way to Write a Book?

There are as many answers to that questions as there are authors. And while no answer is inherently better than another, a few examples should serve to set the aspiring… Continue reading →
Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part Three
Engage Your Characters in Their Setting

When you’re characters interact through dialogue, make them interact as well with their surroundings.
There should be a continual interplay of character and setting. Examine your dialogue sections to ensure they don’t… Continue reading →
Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part Two
The Three S's - Scene, Setting, and Senses

Stories don’t occur in a bubble.
They have to be set in a real and believable place. And what makes a scene or setting, is detail.
And what makes the… Continue reading →
Fine Tuning Your Manuscript – Part One
You've Written "The End" - But Is Your Book Ready?

Okay, so you’ve finally reached the magic words, The End.
But is it really?
Are you done?
Have you really finished your book?
Chances are, you haven’t.… Continue reading →