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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Why There’s No Such Thing as a Writing Expert – And Why That’s a Good Thing

The more time we spend studying our craft and the more we learn, the easier it is to lose sight of our own fallibility.

Save Your Readers From Boredom: Five Fool-Proof Preventatives

Boredom indicates only apathy. And the apathetic reader won’t be your reader for long.

4 Tricks for Picking the Perfect Word

Is Your First-Person Narrator Overpowering Your Story?

Let’s take a look at some of the common pitfalls of the first-person narrator and how to avoid them.

Are Happy Endings a Must?

To cap every story with a happy ending is dishonesty to both ourselves and our readers.

The Kung Fu Panda Guide to Writing Action Scenes

You need to understand the basics of this integral type of scene if you’re going to blind readers from overexposure to your action awesomeness.

The Secret Ingredient of Original Stories

Sometimes the more we try to be original, the more hackneyed our stories end up sounding.

Ideas for Constructing Your Own Writing Routine

What techniques are most useful for making the most of your daily writing time?

Understanding – and Accepting – the Reasons You Write

Why do you write? Simple question that it is, it can be surprisingly difficult to answer.

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