Traditional Publishing Contracts: A True Story
As we discussed Tuesday, there’s really three types of traditional publishing contracts you could potentially land. There’s big-time Big 5 t
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
Your Chances of Being an Authorial Success Story
How many people play the lottery? According to a Gallup poll a few years ago, “Roughly half of Americans say they have bought a state lotter
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
A Clarification on Authorial Tone
Perhaps I should have led the literary tone series with this one. But it’s too late now, so let’s clear up what needs to be cleared up…
The
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Famous Authors, Critique Groups and Your Writing Style
Have you ever heard of the Inklings?
As a writer and no doubt reader, it might ring a bell. Or it might not.
But back in the 20th century,
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 9, 2019
- 3 min
Litterbugs and Other Blatant Examples of Author Bias
Years and years ago, while browsing through the fantasy section of Barnes & Noble… or was it Borders? Yikes!
Location aside, I came acr
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
If You’re Wondering If You Have Too Much Exposition
I’m going to try really, really hard to write this blog post without calling anyone out. But there are a whole lot of writers who put too mu
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Possibly Ugly, Definitely Fixable Truth About Editing a Second Draft
Once you’ve edited your first draft, it’s understandable if you expect your editorial journey to be automatically smoother thereafter.
That
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 19, 2019
- 3 min
Don’t Sweat the Small-Stuff “Plot Holes”
Have you ever heard the argument that an omnipotent God can’t exist? It’s the one that starts and ends with the question: “Can God create a
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 12, 2019
- 3 min
The 8-Second Advice for Writing a Narrative Hook
Do you know what the average human attention span is?
According to a Microsoft study, it’s eight seconds.
Eight teeny, tiny seconds. That’
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jul 5, 2019
- 3 min
Something Worth Crying About
Complete courtesy of yesterday’s 4th of July-inspired awesome post on editing a first draft… you now know that it’s not the most difficult t
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 21, 2019
- 3 min
(Creative) Writing a Killer Ending
As the big bad writer, you’re the ultimate authority on what you want to do with your story.
Do you want to kill off everyone in the end? I
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 14, 2019
- 3 min
A Great Way to Ruin Your Novel’s Falling Action
Alrighty then. We’re officially there.
Officially ready to close our discussion on using falling action to deal with those pesky remaining
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Jun 7, 2019
- 3 min
Do You Know the Definition of a Deus Ex Machina?
Today, we’re finishing off our series about writing literary climax. But to do so, we’re going to take a brief trek back to dialogue, a topi
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 31, 2019
- 3 min
What You Don’t Want to Write in Your Rising Action
If you’re writing rising action for an action-oriented novel, you might not have appreciated yesterday’s Writing Challenge. All that lovey-d
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Your Story Probably Doesn’t Need That Prologue
Every writer knows (or should know) the importance of a story’s first few lines. They’re what make up the narrative hook, that element desig
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 17, 2019
- 3 min
One Single Story. Multiple Points of View.
Here’s a really important question that every writer should consider: How many points of view should your story hold?
In asking this questi
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 10, 2019
- 3 min
When It Comes to Dialogue Tags, Don’t Just Say “Said”
If yesterday’s article seemed to lean too far toward the anti-dialogue tags side of the creative writer debate, I apologize. Let me clear up
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Jeannette DiLouie
- May 3, 2019
- 3 min
Writing Dialogue for Villains Without Embarrassing Anyone in the Process
We’re about to focus on writing dialogue for villains specifically, but the following advice can easily be applied elsewhere.
Protagonists,
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 26, 2019
- 3 min
Too Many Setting Details for This Reader’s Liking
Yesterday, I admitted how I’m not very into reading about setting details.
However, that doesn’t mean I’m not into writing about setting de
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Jeannette DiLouie
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
If You Don’t Want to Write Cliché Secondary Characters…
Absolutely everyone has an idea of what cliché means when it comes to character creation.
For example, Kailee Schnabele of Flagler College’
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