Helping Writers Become Authors

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Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)


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A Wordplayer’s Manifesto

To help us keep our sights set high, we need to declare ourselves to ourselves, as well as the rest of the world.

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The Writer’s Guide to Punctuation

Let’s look at some of the most commonly confused and misused punctuation marks.

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The Case of the Vanishing Setting

How is it our settings can just arbitrarily vanish from our scenes?

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Why I Hate Grammar Nazis – And Why Am One

Good manners says overlooking the occasional and inevitable little boo-boo is the better part of courtesy.

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Don’t Let Multiple-Character Scenes Run Away With You

Three’s a crowd – especially when authors have to juggle three or more characters in a single scene.

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How I Learned to Write – And How You Can Too

Today I’d like to share some of the major catalytic moments in my writing journey.

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Don’t Drown Your Readers in Explanations

When overdone, explanations can leave your reader feeling as if he’s drowning in a flood of wordy information.

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12 Writing Resolutions for the 12 Months of 2012

Twelve writing resolutions – one for each month!

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The Christmas Gifts I’m Most Thankful For This Year

The (mostly) writing-specific gifts I’m thankful for this Christmas.

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