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Book Character Pet Peeves Your Readers Will Hate
Your characters are important to your story, you could even say you wouldn't have a story without them But have you ever read a story and not been able to stand one of the characters? Sometimes this is on purpose… sometimes not, but sometimes it's because they are the type of characters your readers just don't like.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
How to Name Your Characters
I know what I want my characters to do, but I don't know what I want them to be called while they're doing it. Sometimes we know our characters' names before we start our novels and sometimes we put placeholders on the spot instead. Nothing a little 'Find and Replace' command can't fix.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Why A Writer Should Ignore Praise and Embrace Critiques.
At age ten I wrote a poem in class, it was about fireworks. My English teacher loved it so much that she sent a praise note home to my mother and I was convinced I was the next Shakespeare. To set the record straight, the poem wasn’t good, I am not a poet, I still do not know my Donnes from my Dickensons. It was just better than the rest of the class because all the spelling was (mostly) correct and I successfully managed a quatrain and a metaphor. But that escaped the notice of a ten-year-old who strutted around the class like I was the secret lovechild of Bob Dylan picking up the family Nobel.
By Louise Parnell4 years ago in Journal
I Learned That The Best Way To Write A Story Is To Sit And Write.
When I first started writing, I knew that I wanted to write, though I had no idea what to write about. I did many different writing courses which gave me many different ways of doing things. I soon learned:
By Carol Ann Townend4 years ago in Journal
Common Mistakes To Avoid In Your First Chapter
Mistakes happen to both seasoned writers and newbies alike. This is especially true when you don't even realize you're making a mistake. Your readers aren't going to tell you, they're just going to put your book back on the shelf and simply walk away from it onto the next shiny cover that catches their attention.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Writer's Stop Making This Mistake with your Dialogue Tags
Dialogue tags are sometimes the very bane of a writer's existence. Some "experts" will tell you you should only be using he said, she said, they said and others will tell you that you should never use the words said more than once on a page.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Medium, My Result So Far.
I bet you want to listen to how dubious I was to get 52 followers. Did I hack Medium? Did I take over people's accounts? Hang on a Second, definitely not, because it’s illegal. I would be sharing how I got 52 followers legitimately in just three weeks (3 weeks).
By Eyitemi Nurain4 years ago in Journal
