Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

Which one? Single handedly vs. single-handedly Of these two words, which one is correct: single handedly (no hyphen) or single-handedly (hyphen)?Use a hyphen when combining these two words into one. That’s because together the two words act as …

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Five Great Quotations about Characters “Begin with an individual and you find that you have created a type; begin with a type and you find that you have created – nothing.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald“Supporting players …

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5 Ways to Make Your Writing More Descriptive • Use sensory details rather than internalized ones One way to make your writing more vivid is to use sensory details rather than internalized ones. Sensory details (blue, sour, loud, smooth) are s…

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Delete nulls from your novel, short story Sometimes the only purpose of a story’s sentence is to say that nothing happened. Such sentences are called “nulls”. An example would be the sentence “He said nothing.” Fortunately, nulls are easy …

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Book Reviews: Four Things You Need to Know Book reviews are a vital part of promoting your book. But how you obtain them – and how do you obtain good ones? Here are four articles about that (click the linked title for the full article…

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How to build a story from a SF novum You may have noticed during the past few weeks the written version of this blog has posted ideas for science fiction stories based on novums – inventions or hypothetical concepts that SF write…

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Everything You Need to Know to Self-Publish Your Paperback - Three Books in One! #selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indiepublishing #kindle www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMNKSCPJ

5 Tips for the Writing Process • Follow a “process” when writing your story• The “thinking step” when writing your book• Drafting: Write on paper or type on computer? • Draft rare…

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Your Protagonist Must Solve the Story’s Problem Among the big mistakes novice writers make is they don’t allow their protagonist to solve the story’s central problem.A story always is structured around the main character overcoming some con…

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How to Construct Your Website’s Home Page The first page of your website that most potential readers and the media likely will see is your home page. This page serves as an introduction to your book.Because of this, your home page sho…

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5 Great Quotations about Poetry “Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.” – John Barton“…have good sentences in your ears.” – Jane Kenyon“Poems are never finished &#…

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Everything You Need to Know to Self-Publish Your Ebook - Three Books in One! #selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indiepublishing #kindle www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C...

Mastering Story Openings: Key Tips for Captivating Readers Unlock the secrets to captivating storytelling with tips on openings, point of view, and engaging readers from the first page.

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Benefits, pitfalls of flat characters When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. Its opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the…

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Stuff your book in a Little Free Library If you’ve written multiple novels, and especially if they’re a series, you may want to consider sticking your book in a Little Free Library.A Little Free Library is a small container, usually …

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On a shelf somewhere is a book about balloons. Except the book doesn't want to be about balloons. I am that book. #kidlit #childrensbooks #author #bookbuzz #readthis www.amazon.com/This-about-Bal...

Utilize Plot Device to Move Story Forward If uncertain how to advance your story, you may want to employ a plot device. Also known as a plot mechanism, plot devices are any element that moves a story forward. For example, if the main …

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Create intimacy with narrator via first-person A story can be told from several viewpoints. When the main character narrates his experiences and observations, the author is using “first-person limited” point of view.This viewpoint is autobiogra…

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Best Social Media Sites for Authors to Use You want to use social media, as it’s the best way to market directly to prospective buyers of your books. But with the dozens of social media sites out there, which one or two are best for you?Whi…

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Yes, it's always a matter of gauging your audience. Longer words arguably are fine for literary fiction, could be used for comedic effect in humor books, or could serve as technobabble in a sci-fi book.

Don’t be guilty of polysyllabism (Huh?) Ever read a sentence in a story and wonder why the author couldn’t just use plain English?The author is guilty of polysyllabism, or using a long word for effect even though a shorter word is b…

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Give your character a distinctive voice In school, we’re often taught to write with a very academic-oriented voice, one that is grammatically correct, structurally logical, and in a tone that is easy to follow but not overly convers…

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6 Ways to Improve Your Creative Writing • Spunk up your writing: Replace overused verbsEven when using active verbs, sentences still may sound flat. More than likely, those active verbs are also overused.• Give your writing class with ap…

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Potential disclaimers for your title page Sometimes when self-publishing a book, you’ll want to include a disclaimer on your title page. A disclaimer is a legal-sounding statement that aims to protect you from lawsuits by saying that …

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5 Great Humorous Thoughts on Writing “If you say Stephen King’s name while looking in the mirror three times, all your adverbs disappear.” – Stefanie Simpson“If you say ‘EL James’ in the mirror three times, you’ll .” – Kar…

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Thanks for sharing. It's a witty and charming book.

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