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www.annemarie-declark.com Book reviewer. Mystery author. Tree planter. Cancer survivor. Vegetarian. Married.

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Your writing is a textual painting of the world Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

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09.03.2026 15:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Use Journaling to Develop Plots for Stories One good way to come up with plot ideas is to journal about your personal problem.While journaling about an issue is a worthy writing exercise simply for catharsis, modifying how you journal l…

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05.03.2026 15:32 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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8 Tips to Make Your Writing More Vivid • Don’t leave reader in fog with vague descriptions• Use concrete details• Examples of “concrete details”• Use sensory details rather than internalized ones• Appeal to sense of so…

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03.03.2026 23:10 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Center on internal flaw for compelling story To make a story more compelling, consider structuring it around an internal flaw in the main character. An internal flaw is some personal trait that makes a character less than perfect – perha…

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03.03.2026 15:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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When I Reach for My Pen, Nothing is Out of Reach The very act of writing is a testament that anything is possible.Writing brings reality to what we cannot now do: the technology to travel to other solar systems; use of magical potions to imm…

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01.03.2026 20:01 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams You dream of being a published author. Achieving that dream necessitates, of course, that you first have a novel, a short story, or a nonfiction book that can be published.Forget about editing, for…

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27.02.2026 16:00 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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26.02.2026 16:07 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Ensure descriptive writing serves a purpose When creating your story’s setting or explaining what your characters are doing, you’ll need to use imagery. Imagery is necessary to move along the plot and to create tone. You even can c…

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25.02.2026 15:10 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t Fully Commit Protagonist in Opening Scene Typically when a story starts, there is an out-of-whack event, an upsetting of the status quo that the main character must deal with. How the main character addresses this event forms the bulk…

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23.02.2026 15:00 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Story elements work together as organic whole No part of your story exists in isolation. They are merely a component of a greater whole; just as walls and a roof disconnected from its foundation would collapse, so also will your story if each …

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23.02.2026 15:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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12 tips for revising your own manuscript During the process of writing your novel or nonfiction book, you’ll probably spend a lot of time revising the manuscript. Catching every error in one reading is unlikely, but you can reduce th…

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21.02.2026 20:00 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Writers write for the same reasons readers read Since the beginning of recorded history, people used stories to make sense of all that is. Ancient myths and epics often “explained” how something in nature originated or how to handle moral dilemm…

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21.02.2026 21:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Four Writing Prompts: Finding Meaning Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from seeking a life that is grander or purposeful. Here are four w…

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19.02.2026 15:30 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t Overdescribe in Text Surrounding Dialogue Too many details in the text surrounding dialogue can distract readers from what the characters say. This common dialogue mistake may seem to have less to with what is spoken than the words ar…

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19.02.2026 15:10 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Writing Prompt: Go Down Another Road Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Should you find your story …

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13.02.2026 16:30 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Writing Inspiration: What are your intentions? What are your individual intentions? That is, what do you most deeply hope to accomplish in life? To live true to your values? To be at peace with the person you are? To inspire others to find sere…

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11.02.2026 16:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Tighten writing by not countersinking One way for an author to slow a story is to employ “countersinking.” A term coined by science fiction writer Lewis Shiner, countersinking involves making explicit the very actions that the story im…

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11.02.2026 16:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Writing Prompt: Let It Go Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Many writers use journaling…

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09.02.2026 17:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Writing Prompt: Tell what you feel/desire/need Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: If undergoing a period of person…

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09.02.2026 15:30 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Build character by looking at his values Successfully building a character in a story almost always is the one challenge a writer absolutely must get right. It’s also often the most difficult challenge facing any writer.To create a c…

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07.02.2026 16:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Consider using episodic fiction plot structure One powerful way to write a novel is episodically. Called episodic fiction, it breaks from the traditional introduction-rising action-climax story structure by presenting an anthology of brief stor…

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05.02.2026 16:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Writing inspiration: Model a story Modeling the stories (or chapters) of a favorite author forces you to think about how a story is structured and the characters developed, making writing of your own stories easier later on. Select …

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05.02.2026 15:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Back view of a young, long-haired woman sitting on rocks, gazing out towards the dawn sky on the horizon.

Back view of a young, long-haired woman sitting on rocks, gazing out towards the dawn sky on the horizon.

"Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head."
- Mike Rich

Good luck with your writing & editing, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity

05.02.2026 15:26 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Start your story in middle to increase suspense An old but apt writing adage goes “Start your story in the middle.” That is, rather than give background information about how the story’s main conflict came to be, instead start it by droppin…

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03.02.2026 15:11 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Embrace Your Writing Journey: Tips for Self-Motivation Unlock your writing potential by embracing the right mindset. Discover how motivation can elevate your creative journey today!

Writing Inspiration: Be in Right Mindset
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30.01.2026 15:32 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View • Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a story w…

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28.01.2026 16:00 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Give Your Story Oomph! with Narrative Drive Ever read a story before bed and find it so gripping that you stay up far later than you should just to find out what is going to happen? If so, you’ve been a “victim” of narrative drive.Narra…

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26.01.2026 20:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How to Finally Finish that Book You’re Writing Sita from the Bay Area recently wrote asking for tips about how the finish her novel. She’s about three-quarters the way through it.Her problem is not uncommon among writers. Many writers have…

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24.01.2026 20:00 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Here comes more snow, because THE SNOW LIES DEEP #MercyCarrMysteries #mystery @minotaurbooks.bsky.social #snowstorm #snow #booksky

22.01.2026 19:58 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0