The 3 Traditional Publishing Possibilities
On Tuesday, we got all depressing and acknowledged the reality that most published authors don’t sell a lot of books. Today, we’re going to
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Let's Analyze Your Publishing Dreams
Everyone has a dream of doing something big. At least I sincerely hope they do. For people who enjoy biking as a hobby, perhaps they’d love
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 22, 2019
- 3 min
Getting Feedback on Your Literary Tone Is Important
So we now know that literary tone is important. Very important. It can make or break a manuscript’s prospects or a book’s sales.
If someone
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 15, 2019
- 3 min
The Writing Style Challenge I Ran Away From
Back in college, there was a class I moved a whole country away in order to avoid.
Only for a semester, mind you. And it wasn’t the only fa
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
Unbiased Writers Don’t Exist, Only Less Biased Writers
There’s not a single human example of unbiased writing out there. That’s because there’s not a single example of an unbiased writer out ther
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Difference Between Writing Exposition and Editing Exposition
Oh, the wonders of writing exposition. Don’t you just love it?
The opportunity to explain why and how your story exists can be a thrilling
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
Chill Out: Second-Draft Editing Tips You Can Take
There’s something about the power of the pen. Or, in my case, the power of the keyboard, with my fingers clacking against the A. Then the N.
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
Here’s the Good News: Most Plot Holes Are Fixable
Tuesday’s Writing Definition defined plot holes as an error that “contradicts previous (or upcoming) events within a story.”
Then it acknow
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 11, 2019
- 3 min
A Huge Part of Your Novel Marketing Strategy
Let’s start out by getting caught up on where we are with narrative hooks.
On Tuesday, we introduced the topic and explained how:
… most o
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 4, 2019
- 3 min
Editing a First Draft Is Easy Compared to the First 4th of July
It being the 4th of July and all, and me being the American history-obsessed individual that I am… it only seems right to use the Declaratio
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 20, 2019
- 3 min
Is a Fairytale Ending Suitable for Your Story?
My adorable three-year-old niece is obsessed with fairytales right now.
And I do mean obsessed. As only a three-year-old girl can be about
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 13, 2019
- 2 min
This Might Seem Like a Really Random Question
As your story winds down through the falling action, it should start prompting some questions. For the purpose of today’s Writing...
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
The Sadistic Nature of Literary Climax
The very last thing I’d want to do after climbing a mountain is have a knock-down, drag-out fight. Or any kind of fight at all.
I’d just wa
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 30, 2019
- 3 min
What You Want to Write in Your Rising Action
So you have your rising action segment. And it’s long.
Like really long. Likes pages and pages, and chapters and chapters long. If, as we m
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 23, 2019
- 3 min
Don’t Let This Happen to You!
You’ve got a great story idea. It’s the next big thing, and you just know it’s going to be amazing. Literary fever has officially hit your c
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 16, 2019
- 3 min
Point of View Can Improve Your Creative Writing Capabilities
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a creative writer named Sam.
Now, this creative writer (named Sam) wrote all his stori
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 9, 2019
- 4 min
Writing Without Dialogue Tags
As promised on Tuesday, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding the topic of writing with or without dialogue tags.
Considering their
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 2, 2019
- 3 min
Continuing Our Discussion on Writing Realistic Dialogue
When we began this series on writing realistic dialogue, I told you about my customer service experience with ASUS.
It wasn’t the most frus
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 25, 2019
- 3 min
Should You “Show, Don’t Tell” Your Setting Details?
I should probably start out by admitting that, as a reader, I’m not very interested in setting details. When I pick up a new novel, the last
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
Where Do Your Secondary Characters Fall on the Relatable Scale?
Thanks to the April 4 Writing Challenge concerning main characters, you already know it’s important to make your protagonists relatable.
Th
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