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8 Essential Character Types you must have in your novel!

Writing a novel (or a screenplay) is almost like learning a new language. There are things you must learn to do in most novels, such…

How to make Guaranteed Winning Story Ideas

I guess I’m the wrong guy to ask, “How can I come up with ideas?” Because I’ll tell you – I don’t have any problems…

7 essential tips to make surprisingly strong Dialog

There are certain skills a writer is supposed to master. We tend to concentrate on narrative – long, flowery descriptions that form as a substitute…

Four Essential steps that Will Make Strong Characters

Writers often have one major shortcoming. We often skimp on character development. Yet Character development is a crucial part of writing novels, and is often…

Make Your Dream Novel a Reality!

I know I hit on this a lot. But my blog is just starting and I can do this. Photo by Peter Lewicki on Unsplash A lot of…

Two Crucial Mistakes That will Kill Your Novel!

Two things kill books. I’ve known a lot of people in my life who talked about writing. I can remember hearing people talking about writing…

Getting Caught Up

Have you ever bought a book that got you so caught up that you just stayed home to read it? Photo by Alejandro Escamilla on Unsplash I haven’t…

The Truth about Fiction Writing

I’m sure that many of you would like to write a book, whether fiction or non-fiction. I’m sure many of you have tried. I remember…

Writing With Scrivener

I know I write a lot about Scrivener… but this is one program I really believe in. Let me differentiate between Final Draft and Scrivener.…

Edit Later, Write Today

There’s really no way around this blog post – everyone’s going to know who I’m talking about. Jerry Jenkins has written a lot of novels,…