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Book Licensing: 10 Crucial Tips If You’re Considering Selling Your Rights
You're delighted that your self-published book is selling well. But what if I told you that no matter how good your sales, you're still leaving stacks of cash on the table? You might not believe me. But think of your book - on bookshelves around the world. And...
Is It Too Late to Start Writing?
Perhaps you’ve always wanted to be a writer but haven’t made it happen yet. There are so many reasons why you might not have made the leap from aspiring to write to actually starting to do it yet. Maybe you doubt whether you’re good enough. Maybe writing has...
Why Is Writing So Hard? (And What to Do About It)
Do you ever find yourself asking why is writing so hard? When people picture the working process of a writer, they often picture a carefree, fun, and creative situation. Perhaps that's how you imagined being a writer would be. Often, our earliest experiences...
Rising Action in a Story (Or, Why Your WIP Might Suck)
Have you ever told somebody that you started a book but you just couldn't get into it? Have you ever picked up a book and struggled through the first page, the first chapter, even the first half, only to stop reading entirely? You may even have a bookshelf dedicated...
Exposition in a Story: Why You Need to Get It Right
Has anyone ever told you that your story was good, but included too much info-dumping? Or maybe you’ve read a fantasy novel and found yourself unable to get through the first chapter because, no matter how hard you tried to pay attention, you couldn’t get past...
What Is the Climax of a Story?
Have you ever noticed that once you get about three-quarters into a book, you have to finish it? That’s because you’ve likely run into the climax. And when the climax of a book is good, it becomes impossible to put down. Learning to write a compelling climax...
28 Figure Of Speech Examples
Storytelling is a different kind of writing. Often, voice trumps grammar. Of course, your writing needs to be easily understood by the reader, but it’s crucial that the voice of your writing is strong. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, both genres employ...
How to Get Ideas for Writing (15 Simple Tips)
Do you want to learn how to find topics to write about? Do you ever sit down to write a blog post, article or chapter, and nothing, but nothing appears in your mind? This is the dreaded writer's block. The good news is that if you use the following 15 tips, you...
How to Start Writing (4 Simple Steps)
The action of actually writing, putting your fingers over the keyboard and typing, or grabbing that pen and putting words down on paper, is only part of what it means to be a writer. Writing is staring out the window, lost in thought. Writing is...
The 5 Elements of an Unforgettable Children’s Book
Writing a successful children’s book is a dream that many authors hold close to their hearts. After all, there are few other types of writing capable of producing nearly as much sheer joy as a children’s book. Of course, children’s books are a lot of fun to create,...
What Genre Is My Book? (4 Simple & Easy Ways To Choose!)
Of all the questions to ask as an author, have you ever found yourself pondering "what genre is my book"? Maybe you want to sell to a traditional publisher through an agent. Or would you rather sell directly to readers through self-publishing? No matter which route...
How to Write Fight Scenes : 10 Potent Tips
Ah, fight scenes. Unless you’re writing a particularly tame story, it’s almost certain that you’re going to have some sort of fight scene in your story (or at least a particularly action-packed one). This might be super exciting, or it might fill you with dread—-for...
How to Write an Op-Ed (And Get It Accepted)
Ready to learn how to write an op-ed? If you have something important to say on your blog on any hot or controversial topic, one of the best ways to gain credible visibility and recognition for your ideas is to develop a strongly focused opinion piece, known in the...
How to Start a Blog Post: 10 Ways to Write An Irresistible Intro
Imagine you've been invited to a party where you don't know anyone. You've come through the door, grab a drink, and stand there feeling like a pony with five legs. Nobody seems to pay any attention to you. After a while, you start sidling to the door in order to...
75 Dialogue Prompts for Writers
In this article, we’re talking dialogue prompts. We’ll cover what they are, what the pros and cons are to starting off your story with a juicy line of dialogue, and we’ll hit you with a list of 75 dialogue prompts to get you started on your next story. Ready?...
9 Writing Challenges to Inspire Your Craft
Writing can get kind of lonely sometimes. Not only that, but it can get stale. Sometimes we fall into a formula when we write books, or we can’t get ourselves past the first few chapters of an idea, or we’re stuck in the dreaded middle section of our novel for...
How to Fix Passive Voice (7 Examples)
If you’ve spent any amount of time in writerly circles or gone searching for writerly advice, you’ve probably run into this advice: don’t use passive voice! Use active voice instead. But what does this mean? Is this rule absolute, or is there some leeway?...
How to Create a Winning Writing Portfolio
You’re here because you write. You write because you love words. You love combining them to create sentences. You love writing for yourself, and you love writing for others. And now you have quite a bit of writing. You’ve put in the work. You have your writing...