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Writing Great Characters
by Tamela Hancock Murray @Tamela_Murray While people supposedly have more leisure time than ever, the dream doesn’t always match reality. Readers looking for entertainment have more options than ever. So when you write your novel, take the time to give careful consideration to creating your characters. Ask: Does the character…
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Go Deeper When You Write With These 10 Tips
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills We writers want to see our manuscripts published. We work hard on blogs, articles, devotions, fiction, and nonfiction projects. And we are always looking for new techniques to strengthen our message. The following 10 suggestions can help every writer create a more powerful project. [tweet_box design="default"…
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The Value of Making Memes for Writers
by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted “Meme me, Nana!” My six-year-old grandson struck a pose with his Papaw. “Take a picture and meme me.” I’m not sure which is more fun, my grandson or the fact he actually knew what a meme was. I snapped his picture as he held a stick…
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Book Proposal Basics for Writers-Part 4-Market Analysis
by Cherrilynn Bisbano @BisbanoWrites My seventy-five year old widowed mom has a veracious appetite for reading. She loves novels about cats. Yes, she is that cat lady. I have a different palates when it comes to novels. I like suspense thrillers and historical fiction. Some of my younger friends consume…
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A Creative Way to Make Your Word Count Goal – Word Crawl
@LynnHBlackburn I don’t know what kind of writer you are, but I’m the kind of writer that prefers to have at least an hour, preferably a couple of hours, to focus on my story. In a perfect world this would happen every time I sat down to write. I have a…
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Enneagram Type 2, The Helper—How to Use Enneagram to Type the Characters You Write
@LindsBrac For the rest of the year, we’re discussing the Enneagram as a tool for building authentic (and flawed) characters. I am by no means a psychologist or an expert, but I have found that a general understanding of this ancient personality-typing tool helps me build better characters. There's a…
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