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Posts about writing.
A great tagline can make the difference between your novel selling like hot cakes and it not selling at all… and that, fundamentally, is why you need to…
How to tread the fine line between making your story dramatic and slipping into melodrama.
What a frame story is, why they’re hard to get right and how to write one that works.
So, you’ve heard about writing groups? Maybe you’re even thinking of joining one. Good, because if you want to write and publish a novel, then joining a writing…
In order to understand what a deus ex machina is, first we need to go back in time. In fact, we need to go all the way to…
You’ve probably heard the term “vanity publishing”. But what is it exactly? Everyone seems to think it’s bad, but why is it a problem? What’s the difference between…
First, a story that illustrates what a MacGuffin is: In 1945, Alfred Hitchcock was making the spy movie Notorious, which is about renegade Nazis in South America. Hitchcock…
Amazon has had a lot of negative publicity about its ethics, and that’s led to some people looking for alternatives. In this article first I’m going to look…
I’ve been helping aspiring authors for a long time now and one issue that new writers always seem very concerned about is how to copyright their work. This…
Several years ago, I invented the Killogator logline formula. It’s been incredibly popular because, well, it works. But people who’re trying to use the formula often ask me…