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Tackling Point of View

Point of view (POV) was one of the first choices you made when you wrote your novel, whether you knew it or not. And it affects every...

The Importance of Your Opening Line

The first item up for comment during a developmental edit or manuscript evaluation is the opening line of the novel. Why? The first...

Writing About Writing: The Purposeful Prologue

After sorting through my small library of hard copy works and setting aside boxes of book donations for my community, I found almost no...

Writing About Writing: Outlining a Novel

If you've ever started writing a novel but find yourself stuck halfway through, having an outline may benefit you and your process. While...

Writing About Writing: Nailing the Elevator Pitch

An elevator pitch is a brief, one- or two-sentence summary of the book and a powerhouse marketing tool. Elevator pitches entice readers,...

Writing About Writing: Filtering in Fiction

What is filtering? When used to describe a stylistic device in fiction writing, filtering has little to do with the use of expletives or...

Writing About Writing: The MICE Quotient

In the book Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: How to Create Out-of-this-World Novels and Short Stories, Orson Scott Card expounds on...