Characters in Novels That Are Allies and Reflections
We’ve been looking at secondary characters in novels these past few weeks, and there is so much more to say…
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Nailing Genre by Studying Successful Authors
I’m going to talk a bit about craft in some of these Writing for Life posts since they are off…
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Tenses Don’t Have to Be Intense
You took those English grammar classes in school, and you really don’t want to suffer through them again, do you?…
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The Nemesis Character Type in Your Story
Novels need a cast of characters, and developing rich secondary characters is a pillar of novel construction that cannot be…
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Using Life’s Hardships to Make You a Better Writer
Today’s guest post is by fantasy author Ashley Carlson: “I’ve been thinking lately, about our relationship,” she said, studying her…
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What about Those Techy Terms?
I would be remiss if I didn’t spend a moment going over hyphenation as it applies to technology-related words. This…
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The Cast of Characters in a Novel
Last week we started looking at secondary characters in a novel. I often see characters populating a story that seemed…
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The Editorial Burden That Weighs on the Author
In 1957, an editor at Lippincott publishing house received a manuscript on her desk from an unknown author who had…
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Do You Speak to Each Other or One Another?
Sometimes people are confused about when to use each other and one another. Well, there’s a good reason for the…
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