Sunday, August 10, 2025

Witty Characters

 How to write witty characters without making it seem as if you're trying too hard.

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/the-secret-to-writing-witty-characters-without-trying-so-hard/

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Getting Started With Picture Books

Make sure you learn the basics of picture books before you start writing one.

https://debbieohi.com/2025/07/picturebooks101-gettingstarted/ 

Friday, August 8, 2025

Alternate Histories

 How do you build a believable alternate history for your novel?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/07/the-what-ifs-of-building-believable-alternate-history/

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Book Marketing

 Here are five essentials for marketing your book.

https://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2025/06/when-do-i-decide-to-reject.html

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Rejection

 At what point in reading a manuscript does an agent choose to reject?

https://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2025/06/when-do-i-decide-to-reject.html

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Dialogue Techniques

 There is more than one way to write dialogue.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/04/writing-101-effective-dialogue-techniques/

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Write What You Know?

 Should you write what you know or experiment?

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/06/should-you-write-what-you-know/

Generic Reactions

 Don't limit your characters to non-specific, generic reactions.

https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2020/03/avoid-these-generic-reactions

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Inventing Words

 There's nothing wrong with inventing words in your writing.

https://theeditorsblog.net/2012/07/02/thats-not-a-real-word/

Friday, August 1, 2025

Tightening Text

 What words can you cut to tighten up your book?

https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2021/08/what-to-cut-when-your-book-is-too-long