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How to Write Dialogue
It’s a shame when I read good stories that have bad dialogue. In my experience as an editor, I find myself rejecting otherwise great pieces that are let down by dialogue that just doesn’t seem to gel...
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Word Counts
What does word count mean to your story? Word count is a topic that comes up regularly in conversation amongst my writer friends, and everywhere I look, I see writers worrying about their word counts...
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Five (Good) Ways to Generate Horror Story Ideas
Some time last week, I read and Tweeted about a blog post called 10 Tips for Generating Killer Science Fiction Story Ideas. It’s a pretty good list of helpful tips, and I myself am guilty of using a...
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Writing a Good Opening Hook
With writing, as with almost everything else in life, a good first impression can be the difference between winning someone over or leaving a person thinking there’s something a “little off” for all of...
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What’s In A Title?
To me, the most challenging part of writing a story is thinking of a good title for it. If, like most writers, you consider that newly written story that you’ve slaved over for so long (you know —...
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Artistic License and You
You know, being a speculative fiction writer is the best job (well, it would be if I actually got paid). I get free license to do things that would normally get people locked up in an insane asylum,...
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Four (Good) Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
Writer’s block is the dreaded nemesis of all writers. At least for me, there really is nothing worse than opening up Word, only to be greeted by a seemingly endless blank page and a tiny, incessantly...
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The Best Way to Be a Better Writer…
This quote from the legendary Stephen King says it all: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Forget reading articles about writing, or...
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3 Writing Habits That Will Make You a Better Writer
Everyone knows writers are creatures of habit. Think about it…we can’t start the day without ingesting a massive dose of caffiene first. We can’t get any work done until after we’ve checked our email...
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What’s Holding You Back? [Reblog]
Every day when I check Facebook or Twitter I see heaps of people saying they’d love to be writers, but just don’t know how to start. This is called writing… Well, what exactly is holding you back? You...
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