Jeff Abbott’s Top Ten Writing Tips I think we’ve entered a time when we’re a lot more suspicious of writing advice than we used to be. A lot of writing chestnuts feel prescriptive to too many people—not everyone can write every day; sometimes, yes, you want to tell rather than show; passive voice isn’t inherently …
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I hadn’t read a children’s novel in an embarrassingly long time when I landed my first deal to write exactly that. Naturally, I went into it with all kinds
Author's Digest presents six tips for writing a self-published historical novel that will transport your readers to another place and time
Writing a business book can be a positive and rewarding experience and can be a big boost to your career. But it can also be hard.
When you write a book you are bound to struggle with periods where you lack motivation or experience writer’s block. To combat this, you need an arsenal of t...
We know readers tend to be writers too, so we feature writing tips from our authors. Who better to offer advice, insight, and inspiration than the authors you admire? They’ll answer several questions...
Writing a book related to your business allows you to establish yourself as an expert in your field while also bringing in a small stream of additional revenue. In this article we'll explain why having a book is good for business and how to get started.
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Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence—which is usually helpful. But when modifiers aren’t linked clearly enough to the words they’re actually referring to, they can create unintentional ambiguity. Emma Bryce navigates the sticky world of misplaced, dangling and squinting modifiers.
“Fear almost consumed me during the writing. Now the fear is a memory, and my mother, a real person.”
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Language used by children in a BBC Radio 2 short-story competition has been put into a database, offering an insight into how they think.
Mindy talks about how writing helped her dive into her cancer experience, to find a way out of her paralyzing fear.
The enterprise of writing a book has to feel like walking into a cathedral.
It hit me one day like a splash of cold water in the face. I had only ever felt two things in my life: happy or fat.
Writers of violent thrillers reflect on — and reaffirm — the ethics of what they do.
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Despite the popularity of science fiction, one problem has plagued many stories: obsolescence. Learn how to keep your sci-fi relevant well into the future.
A memoir is an open window into another's life—and although the truth is of paramount importance, so too is grabbing hold of its reader. Writer Tasha Keeble offers 3 tips for writing a memoir everyone will want to read.