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Category: Writing tips

Novel writing tips from a master

September 7, 2023 cheryl

I’m a strong believer in learning writing craft. It amazed me when I first took up writing how much there…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: authors, copy editing, editing, novel writing, novelists, writer, writers, writingcommunity

How your novel’s setting enhances readers’ experience

August 11, 2023 cheryl

When I sent Keepers into the world in 2021, I crossed my fingers and hoped people would love it. I…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: atmosphere in novels, authors, editing, location in novels, novel writing, writers, writing, writing. scenes

Four guidelines for effective use of research in your novel

June 9, 2023 cheryl 2 Comments

My monthly newsletter carries a writer’s tip each time, so if you want to make sure to catch them, do…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: authors, editing, research, research in fiction, writer, writing, writing characters

What’s your muse?

June 1, 2023 cheryl

My monthly newsletter carries a writer’s tip each time, so if you want to make sure to catch them, do…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: author interviews, authors, editing, inspiration, writing

Kindle Unlimited – a good thing for authors?

April 14, 2023 cheryl 2 Comments

My monthly newsletter carries a writer’s tip each time, so if you want to make sure to catch them, do…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: authors, kindle, kindle unlimited, KU, KU for authors, self publishing, traditional publishing

Three ways to differentiate your characters

March 10, 2023 cheryl

A couple of months ago I wrote about multiple POVs, were they a good idea or not. At the time…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: character emotions, character voice, characters, writing characters

The dreaded ‘lay’ vs ‘lie’

January 13, 2023 cheryl

I use a piece of software to produce images for this site, social media, my newsletter and other things. I…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: editing, lay vs lie, writing, writingtips

Multiple POVs – good idea or not?

November 9, 2022 cheryl 2 Comments

What are POVs? Point of view (POV) characters are those through whose eyes the story of our novel is told.…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: characters, editing, multiple POVs, novel draft, points of view

Six plot devices explained

October 7, 2022 cheryl
sign warning of cliff edge

I admit I only had a hazy knowledge of what a plot device is when I decided to write this…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: Checkov's gun, flashback, foreshadowing, narrative technique, plot devices, plot twists, red herrings

Plotter or Pantser?

September 9, 2022 cheryl
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Different writers approach their new work-in-progress in (many) different ways. Approaches tend, however, to fall along a spectrum. At one…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: novel outlining, novel writing approaches, pantsers, plotters, writing

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