Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com

19,121 Followers 8,519 Following 40,999 Posts Joined Oct 2023
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5 Tips to Encourage and Motivate Writers • Visualize your story• Apply some techniques • When you are creative? • Collect great quotations • Volunteer your skills 

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Five Great Quotations about Bad Writing “…bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do― to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the stree…

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About My name is Rob Bignell. I’m a long-time professional editor who owns and runs Inventing Reality Editing Service. I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publish…

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What Makes a Story Character Interesting? What makes an interesting story character for the ages? It’s more than just having them grow or learn something, and it’s more than just having them being be like a real person. While each of …

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How to Overcome Writer’s Block: Tricks that Work • Tried and true ways to beat writer’s block• How to overcome annoying writer’s block • Project bible useful for keeping story ideas 

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What is an ASIN (And Other Useful Things to Know) Writers new to self-publishing often run into the abbreviation ASIN and find themselves confused. Is it the same as an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)? Does one need an ISBN if you h…

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How to Sell Your Book with Amazon Ads #writingq #writer #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/0996162593

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11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing If your writing feels vanilla, the likely problem with your novel or short story is that it shows rather then tells. Just what does that mean exactly, and how can you fix it? Here are seven great t…

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How To Write Well: 7 Essential Self-Editing Tips • How to self-edit and revise your fiction story • Set your story aside  • Revise by deconstructing  • Make use of beta readers  • Missing typos? Try editing old-fashioned way  • Don’t trust …

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"Angela, check out this fake email from Penguin Random House..." Can you, too, spot the big red flag in under 5 seconds?

Warning: Marketing Scammers Targeting Authors
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Quick Tip: Apply technique learned from writing guides Learn about specific structural and style flaws that can hamper your writing. Troll through books for suggestions about how to address such problems when revising (One book you may find helpfu…

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Your best bet: Could’ve vs. could of Here’s a writing tip you can take to the races.Sometimes we’ve misheard an expression all through our lives and then repeat that error in our writing. Could of, should of and would of are fine exam…

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How to arrange, prepare and promote your book reading and signing #writerslife #amwritingromance #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...

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9 Ways to Improve Your Writing Style • How to establish your own writer’s voice Every writer has his own voice. But some writers – especially beginners – sound flat and all too similar. Some would say those writers haven’t found…

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Frame Story Useful in Limited Situations Sometimes when plotting a novel, rather than jumping right into the action you may want to use a frame story to set up the main tale.A frame story – also referred to as a frame …

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Does your book cover design matter for ebooks? Does book cover design matter for an ebook?Absolutely!Human beings are visual animals. Images at first glance always are more powerful than words. That’s why most businesses use logos. When their n…

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Five Great Humorous Thoughts on Writing “I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.” – Peter de Vries“He was such a bad writer, they revoked his poetic license.” – Milton Berle“Having been unpopular in …

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Prefer to listen rather than read? Get writing, self-publishing and book marketing tips on audiobook! #indieauthor #amwriting #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #audiobook www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH5RXDK8?...

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Consider Using Parallel Plot Structure in Novel Rather than subordinating one plot to other – that is, rather than make one a subplot – why not treat them with equal importance? When two dramatic plots occur at the same time in a story, usu…

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Don’t use pompous language in nonfiction book Sometimes nonwriters who are experts in their field like to use pompous-sounding phrasing and sentence structures in their articles and emails. As the author of a nonfiction book for the layperson,…

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Computer Requirements for Self-Publishing We’ve previously noted that to self-publish you’ll need a computer with an Internet connection. But that’s sort of like saying you need a car to move across the country. True enough, a car alo…

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How to Build Your Author's Website: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingfeedback #indieauthor #indieauthors www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...

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Opt for scene over summary when writing stories All too often when novice fiction writers put together a story, an editor will mark whole paragraphs or sections as “Show don’t tell!” or say it was underwritten. In such cases, the writer likely h…

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Once you publish book, start bookkeeping As an author, when you think of bookkeeping, the first thought that probably comes to your mind is how you organize all of your books on the limited number of shelves you have in your house. A…

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Four Writing Prompts: Wrongly Accused Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when someone who is innocent must prove so. Here are four writing …

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How to Build Your Author's Platform: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indiepublishing www.amazon.com/dp/1948872293

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Advantages of Using Third-Person Multiple POV Sometimes writers structure their book so that the third-person limited point of view alternates from scene to scene between major characters in a book. However, within each scene, only o…

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Substantive Edit Needed Early in Writing Process A type of editing you can have done early in the writing process is substantive editing.This generally includes:• Correcting spelling, capitalization, punctuation and obvious grammar erro…

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