The Big Scary Fear Monster Is Really the Rock Star of Your Novel
carriejonesbooks One of my favorite writing exercises is super simple. I take a bunch of novelists and ask them: What is your protagonists more afraid of happening than anything else in…
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Don’t Be Chunky – Put Your Dialogue in Paragraphs
It’s a super quick writing tip again today. Ready? When you’re writing dialogue, make every new speaker a new paragraph. If you’re writing kids books? You might as well just…
Grammar Break Some Day vs Someday
No lofty talk about exposition or your story’s theme this week. Instead, we’re going back to basics with an easy grammar tip. Some day (two words) vs. someday (one word).…
Let’s Get Fighting BECAUSE Conflict in Stories Is Good
Hey, everyone! We’re having a wee bit of drama in our lives, so we’re taking this week off in the podcasts. Gasp! I know! We never do that. But it…
Other Quick Ways To Develop Your Theme in Your Novel
So, over here on WRITE BETTER NOW, we’ve had a three-post series about how to develop your theme and what the hell even in a theme and blah, blah, blah.…