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Keeping the Storyteller and the Writer Happy By Tere Michaels

Before you wrote a word—in a journal, on the back of scrap paper, via typewriter or computer—you were a storyteller. Maybe you told yourself stories late at night, maybe you daydreamed worlds and resolutions where you had absolute control. A love story with a happy ending, a battle with you as victor, an adversary well …

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Making your Voice Resonate with Readers By Romy Sommer

“Unfortunately the voice didn’t resonate with me.” My heart sank as I stared at the screen. This was the third agent rejection my precious book had received, and I’ll admit this one really stung. I could live with “love triangles don’t sell” or “the market for movie star heroes is already over-saturated.” But this was …

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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. …