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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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13 hours ago

Sell your book by asking people about themselves All too often authors approach marketing their book by talking about it. That seems to make sense; after all, your objective in marketing is to show potential buyers that your book is of value to t…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 day ago

4 Tips to Get You Started Writing • You must always be ready to write• Every moment offers a great opportunity to write• Finding time to write• Write on paper or type on computer?

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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2 days ago

Create a Riveting Opener for Your Story A vital part of your story is the opening lines, also known as the inciting incident. In this section of your story, we learn who the main character is, the central problem facing him and a li…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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3 days ago

7 Tips for Descriptive Writing • Treat readers to vivid passages in your story • How to make your writing more vivid • What are examples of ‘concrete details’?• Work off the fat from overwritten descriptions Fat writ…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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4 days ago

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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4 days ago

Don’t Place Part of Story’s Plot Inside a Dream If you’re tempted to trick readers by having a portion of your story’s plot occur only in a dream, give serious second thought to it. Especially if writing science fiction, such a gimmick is a…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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4 days ago

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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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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4 days ago

Five Great Quotations about Characters “Begin with an individual and you find that you have created a type; begin with a type and you find that you have created – nothing.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald“Supporting players …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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6 days ago

9 Tips for Structuring Your Novel • How to form your story’s basic structureIn every story, something happens. These events form the structure of your tale. Plot, then, is the drama and action through which characters com…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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6 days ago

Add color to your fiction manuscript Even if your story offers a lot of dramatic tension and the sentences are tightly constructed, it still can feel a bit monochrome or colorless. When that occurs, the writing probably is not particu…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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6 days ago

Use bridge to transition from flashback to present Sometimes when reading a story, readers find themselves doing a double take and re-reading a page or two. This usually occurs because readers are no longer able to make sense of the narration. They…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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6 days ago

5 Great Humorous Thoughts on Writing “It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few/I’ll be writing more in a week or two.” – The Beatles“Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.” –…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Avoid handwaving to cover a story flaw Sometimes when a car salesman has a shoddy vehicle to sell, he tries to distract you from the flaw by pointing out something that’s good – like turning up the radio and raving about the great …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

6 Tips for Designing Effective Book Covers • Does your book cover design matter for ebooks? Most potential readers of your ebook will first encounter it via an image – the book’s cover – rather than the wording. If that thumbnail doesn’t ca…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

6 Tips for Designing Effective Book Covers • Does your book cover design matter for ebooks? Most potential readers of your ebook will first encounter it via an image – the book’s cover – rather than the wording. If that thumbnail doesn’t ca…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

14 Plot Pitfalls You Need to Avoid Sometimes when writing a story, what seems to be a great plotting strategy actually leads you to a dead ed or creates new problems for you to solve. Here are 14 common plot pitfalls that you’…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

6 Tips for Designing Effective Book Covers • Does your book cover design matter for ebooks? Most potential readers of your ebook will first encounter it via an image – the book’s cover – rather than the wording. If that thumbnail doesn’t ca…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

6 Tips for Organizing a Book Reading/Signing • Steps in organizing a book presentationWhen organizing a book signing, reading, or other presentation related to your title, you might want to break down your effort into several smaller steps. D…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

What is an ‘inciting incident’ in a story? Q: I recently came across the term “inciting incident” in a book about fiction writing but no definition or example was given. What is the book talking about?A: A vital part of any story is the ope…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Constructing Your Story’s Main Character Typically a story is about a single character who overcomes some problem. This player in your story is called the main character. Common examples are Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” J…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

My Writing Process for Fiction and Nonfiction As the author of more than 30 books, several of which have topped Amazon.com’s bestseller’s list for their genre, writers often ask me how I write them – that is, what process do I follow̷…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Consider Using the Journey for a Mythic Plot One of the most common plot forms in modern fantasy and science fiction novels is the mythic structure. Often called a quest, in the mythic structure the protagonist undertakes an ex…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Five Great Quotations about Characters “Begin with an individual and you find that you have created a type; begin with a type and you find that you have created – nothing.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald“Supporting players …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Sell your book by asking people about themselves All too often authors approach marketing their book by talking about it. That seems to make sense; after all, your objective in marketing is to show potential buyers that your book is of value to t…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

If Using MS Word, Don’t Place Tabs in Your Ebooks When formatting your manuscript for conversion to ebook, don’t use the tab key to indent paragraphs. Doing so usually results in your manuscript being declined for publication…or worse, being …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

@inventingreality.bsky.social

1 week ago

Create a Riveting Opener for Your Story A vital part of your story is the opening lines, also known as the inciting incident. In this section of your story, we learn who the main character is, the central problem facing him and a li…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

How to Make Characters Three-Dimensional Today’s sophisticated readers generally demand that your stories contain three-dimensional characters, that is, a protagonist who behaves like a real person and who probably grows by learning …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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1 week ago

Five Great Quotations about Backstory “If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.” –&nbs…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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2 weeks ago

7 Tips for Writing Better Dialogue For the full article, click the linked title: • How to pen engaging dialogue for your storyNo doubt your story will include dialogue in which characters speak to one another. Unfortunately, too man…

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