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How to Compile Short Stories for an Anthology
So often I see authors who just really want to publish “something” and they’re good at what they write. They have skills, they have talent, and they’re building a reading audience, so an anthology is...
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Ghosting unknown authors is difficult – at best.
Have you ever been invited to ghostwrite a story or a document for an unknown author? Maybe they gave you a name and nothing else. How can you find that voice? Ghosting unknown authors is difficult, at...
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Review: Find Your Voice By Caroline Goyder
Find Your Voice By Caroline Goyder Reviewed By Jan Verhoeff Writers often ask me how to find their voice. I’ll forever recommend this book, because it begins with the line I’ve used a million times,...
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Writing for Profit Should Be Fun Too
More often than not these days, I’m writing for profit. But even writing for profit should be fun! Right? I mean, if it isn’t fun, why write it? So, with all the COVID-19 shutdowns and coffee shops...
View Article20 Preposterous Plots for Your Next Book
Everybody wants to write a book, and there are some absolutely amazing plots ready to be written. You can write short stories, novels, or even a novella from these. But do use one of our preposterous...
View ArticleWhat’s your voice as a writer?
Everyone I talk to in the publishing industry uses this phrase… Write in your own voice. But what the hell is it? What is your voice? How do you know if you’re writing in your voice? And how can the...
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How to Build a Successful Writer Platform
Probably more than any other question I’ve been asked as a writing coach is how to build a successful writer platform. Agents demand it. Publishers require it. Writers need it. Why do you need a...
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Slice of Life Writers UNITE!
It’s out. It’s available. And the main center of profound substance is the concept that slice of life writers unite to present relentlessly happy endings. It isn’t always about the plot. Although,...
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5 Tips for becoming an Amazon Best Seller
Sometimes you get great tips for becoming a best selling author that just have to be shared with others. And these Amazon Best Seller tips are 2nd to none! Straight from the source – 5 tips to use with...
View ArticleDo Short Stories Need Purpose or Plot?
Recent discussions revealed that some writers believe a short story is much like a fable, not only does the story require a plot, but a purpose is needed. What plot or purpose is revealed in your short...
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Show, don’t tell, and keep your story moving.
There’s a battle most writers have when sharing their stories with the world. Telling your story verbally is very different from showing your story in print. Show don’t tell. But when you want your...
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Write in your own distinctive voice.
Coming from a copywriter, who spends her time ghosting other people’s voices, that may seem a bit ridiculous… But I’ll tell you what, those people who are writing in their own specific voice are...
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Setting the Scene & Character Development
Did you ever set up a story scene and realize the character development had to come at the same time? When I write fiction, I often find the character development comes directly out of the scene....
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Writing About Mental Illness in Fiction
With all the mental illness in society today, how would you write about it in fiction? The secret to writing about mental illness in fiction is having access to either legitimate mental illness facts...
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Writing for Healing and Connecting
Mental Health Content and Engaging your Audience In the United States alone, 1 in 5 adults and teens are living with a mental illness, with 10 million adults having a serious mental illnesses such as...
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How Do You Find the Perfect Setting?
Writers occasionally find themselves with a great story, but no place to set their story. Not every story you write has to be set in your hometown, to have a well grounded setting. You absolutely can...
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Written Word – Do you Write Well?
This is so good! Writers often miss the quality of writing, by engineering the feeling of power. When you cease to include solid factual content in your writing, and replace it with fundamental opinion...
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Training Your Fingers to Write Your Story
Action based writing takes a lot of training to put the words on paper in a way that results in edge of the seat readers. Training is what you do. You train your fingers to follow your brain into...
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Publish Your Story
Influence Your World with Your Message! You have a message and an audience, but you MUST publish a book to be heard. Learn the SECRET METHODS I use to Write Your Book, and Market Your Book for Profit!...
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Plot Driven Story
Have you ever written a plot driven story? It’s a creative way to make something happen with characters that fit your story. For instance, the writers of John Wayne Westerns, wrote their stories to fit...
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