Tips and advice for writing book chapters.
Regardless of whether you love them or loathe them, flashbacks are a great tool to use when writing your novel. Among other things, they allow you to get info to your readers that can be relatable, quick, and merge well with the story you’re telling, and help to solidify character actions. While that might sound …
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A classic piece of writing advice is to hook the reader with the first sentence. While what makes a great sentence is so subjective that such advice is near impossible to achieve, it’s the sentiment that is sound. You want to grab the reader with your opening so that they’ll want to pick up and …
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Every writer knows they need to nail the ending of their book to give readers the satisfaction they deserve, but what about the endings of your chapters? If you've put little thought into how you’re finishing your chapters, then you’re missing out on a key component of what makes a good book great! After all, …
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know I’ve spent the last few months editing my latest WIP. It’s book 3 in my Urban Fantasy YA series, Blackbirch, and I’m aiming to have it published in the first half of this year. I spent most of 2020 rewriting the draft I penned back in …
If you've entrenched yourself in the writing world, you've no doubt heard what doesn't make for a good book opening. These tips range from ditching prologues to the ultimate pressure inducing advice: the opening sentence/paragraph/page must automatically engage the reader or they won't read on. While this advice is enough to make you consider taking …
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