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Common, repeatable methods of achieving particular storytelling effects or of avoiding narrative pitfalls.
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I am losing significant word count in the second draft of my novel. How might I use that spa...
I have a word count goal for my fantasy novel (climate fiction/fantasy) of 100 - 120,000 words. It doesn't need to fall in this range, but that is the typical length of books I read when I pick up a n …
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What is the balance between 'stating a problem clearly' and Hemingway's literary iceberg?
At a writer's critique group, one piece of feedback to me was: people didn't understand where I was going until the very end. They suggested stating something explicit at the very beginning so they k …
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What are methods to refer to something that happened but did not make it onto the page?
As writers we're supposed to know more about our stories than the words that make it onto the page. Can a character refer to something that happened, but happened off-page? As the writer, I know that …
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How can I determine good comparative titles to include in my query letter?
Typically, a writer includes one or two recent titles that are similar in some fashion to the story they are telling, in their query letter.
I'd like any advice for finding good comparative titles.
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