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Monday, June 05, 2023

Why No One Is Reading Past Your First Chapter

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy A lackluster first chapter can turn readers off and make them abandon the book before they've given it a ...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

How Point of View Can Solve Your Writing Troubles

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Point of view is one of the strongest tools writers have for crafting stories readers just can’t put down. Be...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Choose the Setting for Your Short Story: Location, Weather, Atmosphere

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By Rayne Hall, @RayneHall Part of the Focus on Short Fiction Series JH: With a short story, you don't have a lot of time or space to dev...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Grow Up Already: Creating Character Arcs

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy A strong character arc will weave its way through the turning points of the plot. A character arc is the inte...
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Monday, May 15, 2023

Internal Medicine: How Much Internalization is Too Much?

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Readers want to know what's going on in a character's head, but they don't need to know every la...
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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Getting Your Short Story Published: What You Need to Know About Submission, Rights and Payments

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By Rayne Hall, @RayneHall Part of the Focus on Short Fiction Series JH: Writers are on their own when it comes to the business side of short...
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Monday, May 08, 2023

The Power of Small Problems: Elevate Your Plot with Little Conflicts

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy   Little problems can be just as devastating to your characters' plans as full-blown issues. I'm pron...
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Monday, April 24, 2023

The Difference Between a Writing Problem, and a “Not for Me” Issue

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Sometimes the problem is with the reviewer, not the book. Not every book is for every reader. Readers have t...
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Monday, April 17, 2023

Living in My Head: Crafting Natural-Sounding Internal Thoughts

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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy How to write tight, third-person internalization that feels natural to the character. Getting inside a charac...
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Give Your Story Meaning with Inner Conflict and Theme

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By Rayne Hall, @RayneHall Part of the Focus on Short Fiction Series JH: No matter the size of your story, a theme can deepen it and make it ...