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Thanks to varying reading preferences, getting reader feedback can be such an absolutely entertaining experience. At its best, it’s a...

Your main character, Maggie, is running along the beach. Her bare feet dance away from the waves that crawl up the slight slopes, soaking up

Do you know what else is that easy? Calling yourself a writer. Seriously. All you have to do is say it out loud. It’s nothing more than four

Absolutely everyone has an idea of what cliché means when it comes to character creation. For example, Kailee Schnabele of Flagler College’

Depending on what you do for a living, you might have an e-letter you’re in charge of. In which case, this blog post is for you. You might

Thanks to the April 4 Writing Challenge concerning main characters, you already know it’s important to make your protagonists relatable. Th

I really wish I didn’t have to write this blog post. You have no idea how much I do. But it wouldn’t be fair to you otherwise, so here goes…

To get a good definition of what a secondary character is, think about your favorite book. In my case, that’s really rather difficult to do

Hi, genuine writers! This is Innovative Editing’s Jeannette DiLouie officially welcoming you to episode #14 of The Genuine Writer Podcast. W

If you’re wondering, the headline above is a direct quote from Ocean’s Eleven. And since we’re on the subject, it must be said that those sc

As a writer, what you produce isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. This is true of fiction writers and nonfiction writers, business blo

I didn’t get all the way through the Harry Potter books. I stopped after the fourth, so forgive me if I get this next bit wrong. But as far

I don’t care what anyone else says: Being a creative writer is awesome. Sure, most of us are introverts who would much rather interact with

What is an antagonist? To some writers, that’s a stupid, stupid question. Because everyone knows what an antagonist is. It’s the bad guy.

If you’re not a hard-core, experienced plotter – someone who outlines every single detail about their story before actually writing it down

When you write a strong protagonist, you have to make him, her or it realistic and relatable. That’s what we learned yesterday, going so far

Despite being an editor, I’ve never been a grammar Nazi. I don’t want to scream every time I see a typo, and I can in fact survive if someon

If you want to know how to write a strong protagonist, here’s what you want to do… Close your eyes and think about the most compelling main

It's April, and you know what April means, right? It means it's really and truly springtime. As such, you've got plenty of suns

I’ll never forget the first time I watched Chicago, the movie version with Catherine Zeta Jones and Renée Zellweger. It’s about two utterly