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The Writer’s Voice By Romy Sommer

A few years ago, the editors at Harlequin posted a list of the top 10 reasons why they reject manuscripts. In second place they listed lack of a distinct voice. Of all the items on the list, that’s the most difficult issue in a novel to identify or to fix. Editing can fill plot holes, …

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Adding Funny is Fun By Jan Bill

Laughter is a universal coping skill and it translates into visceral storytelling in your writing. Whether you write drama or comedy, humor adds depth to the character’s emotional range. As humans, we don’t confine ourselves to one emotion at a time. We layer ourselves with several, which makes each of us dynamic, interesting, lovable beings. …

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Blurb Do’s (But Mostly Don’ts): Writing Blurbs That Sizzle–and Sell! by Karen S. Wiesner

As I’ve probably stated before in my writing reference titles, articles and workshops, I’m not a big believer in hard-and-fast rules, and even the ones stated in this lesson can be legitimately broken. I break them all the time myself–if you take a look at the blurb examples on my Blurb Service website. The short …

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The People We Meet – Using Body Language To Show Characters’ Emotions by Kathy Otten

Welcome to 2019. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? Every year, along with my new list of personal goals, I create a list of writing goals; among them, ways to improve my craft. One of the first elements of craft we’re taught is to show, not tell our stories. In a rough draft, an …