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A Guide to Creative Writing
Storytelling Exercise: Managing Our Ideas
Today’s storytelling exercise is an excerpt from my book, Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises, which helps beginning to intermediate storytellers develop skills in the craft...
How to Develop Your Best Novel Writing Ideas
Writing a novel is no small task. In fact, it's a momentous task. Some writers spend years eking out a first draft, followed by years of revisions. And that's before they even...
Breaking Grammar Rules in Poetry Writing
Accomplished writers respect the rules of grammar the way an acrobat respects the tightrope -- grammar might be intimidating and complicated, but we need it in order to perform....
Punctuation Marks: Ellipsis
You see it everywhere, but most people don't know what it's called or how to use it properly. In fact, it's often referred to as "dot, dot, dot" even though it does have a...
How to Engage Readers with Emotional Writing
One of the greatest skills that a writer can possess is the ability to make readers feel something. If you can engage readers on an emotional level, you'll have them hooked. This...
How to Develop Better Writing Habits
There's only one way to become a better writer, and that is through lots of practice. Some people are born with talent. Writing comes easily to them, but even the most talented...

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