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The Question Nobody is AskingI read a book review once which began, “This book answers a question nobody is asking.” The reviewer thought that was a bad thing. He thought he...
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The 80/20 Rule And NovelistsI got interested in the 80/20 rule more than 10 years ago, when Amazon added a feature to their Author Central site that showed each author how...
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Your Best Writing Conference EverYou might have heard that a writing conference is the best place you can possibly go to make the connections you need to succeed as an...
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How to Be a “Bad-As” EditorHere’s an exercise you can do to make your current novel better: Search your manuscript for the word “as”. Remove it from...
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The Holes In Your NovelThis happens to almost every novelist who ever lived, and it’s probably happened to you: You wrote your novel the best you know how. You...
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What Happened In This Scene?I’ve run a critique group for years and years. Every member of the group typically brings one scene to each meeting to be critiqued. By...
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How to Plan a Series of NovelsWriters often ask me how to plan out a series of novels. They usually phrase the question like this: “Can I use the Snowflake Method on a...
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Writing Fiction on a Big StageMost novels have a few viewpoint characters and maybe a couple of dozen other characters, set in one or several locations. But what...
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Where Is Your Novel Going?A story is not like real life. Very often, real life feels like it has no direction. Lots of random stuff happens, and we get through it, or we...
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Where Do Ideas Come From?I’ve been thinking lately about where ideas come from. They often seem to blip into your head out of nowhere. And that feels very random. Do you...
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Writing the Perfect Synopsis for BeginnersIf you’re trying to sell your novel to a traditional publisher, you must learn to write a synopsis. It’s almost impossible to sell a novel...
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What to Do When You’re OverwhelmedModern life forces you to make impossible choices. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the stuff that needs doing. When you get overwhelmed,...
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How to Promote Your Reader MagnetIn my last blog post, To-Fu For Novelists , I talked about the importance of creating a Reader Magnet, a free piece of your writing that...
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ToFu For Novelists“ToFu” is marketing slang for “top of funnel.” And what is a “funnel?” That’s a standard marketing term that refers to your system for...
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Trust the MagicEvery writer has felt the magic. You sit down to write, but the words don’t come. Not instantly, anyway. You press...
