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10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Writing Career
The advice I wish someone had given me when I was a lot younger. Any one of these 10 mistakes will absolutely destroy your writing career, and I wish someone would’ve given me this advice when I was a lot younger, because it would’ve saved me a lot of broken drafts and a lot of…
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Your Sentences Aren’t Short Enough (Here’s How to Fix Them)
I want you to take any famous writer and find the shortest sentence in their book and the very longest sentence in their book. And now go to a piece of your writing and look for the very shortest sentence in your book and the very longest sentence. 99% of the time, you will find…
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These 9 Strategies to End Your Novel Are Game Changers
So I’ve spent more than 15 years coaching writers and editing their books, and over the years I have slowly and methodically collected the absolute best strategies to end novels. The 9 strategies below aren’t foolproof, but one of them will probably be right for about 99% of…
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I Read 1,000 Book Concepts to Help You Create the Perfect One
I spent nearly 4 months scouring Publisher’s Marketplace looking for all the books that had just sold. Most of these books won’t be published until 2025. Some won’t even be published till 2026. In the end, I read more than 1,000 book descriptions. It was truly eye-opening, and…
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I Edited 51 Novels Last Year. These Are 9 Things Every Writer Should Know.
So last year I edited 51 novels. Yes, I was a busy guy. But after going through that experience, I came away with these 9 insights that I think every writer should know. These are insights which will help your writing career, they’ll help you write your novel, and they’ll just…
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5 Story Shapes That Will Change Your Book Forever
Let’s talk about plot. Plot? What’s plot? You know. It’s the way a story moves from beginning to end. And you think that is going to help writers? Yeah. I mean, everybody talks about plot. Sure they do. They do. But is it the most helpful way to talk about a story? I think so.…
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9 Authors Who Break the Storytelling Rules
Writers, do you wanna be a rule follower? A nice little meek writer who follows all the commandments out there on social media? I hope you’re a bit of a rebel and wanna write some stories that break rules. If so, keep reading and I’m gonna tell you exactly how to do it. Plus, if…
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These 7 Types of Antagonist Can Save Your Novel
You can’t have a story without an antagonist. You could, it just would be really boring. My goal in this post is to radically expand your vision of what an antagonist can be. In my work as an editor, I’ve found that writers tend to get into these ruts and keep on writing the…
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Don’t Let Movies Sabotage Your Writing
If you eat a diet filled with movies and television and only nibble a few books, your storytelling will suffer. A lot of novelists claim they don’t need to read books. They argue that you can learn storytelling from manga, plays, video games, or movies. But that’s like thinking…