A Big Tip for Effective Business Writers - Take 2
If you want to be an effective business writer, don't automatically assume all your readers will know exactly what you're talking about. Bec
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 25, 20203 min read
Does Your Story Need a Fairy Tale Ending?
My adorable three-year-old niece is obsessed with fairy tales right now. And I do mean obsessed. As only a three-year-old girl can be about
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 24, 20203 min read
Dealing With These Troubled Times
We’re dealing with troubling times these days. And we have been for months. First, there was the fear of catching Covid-19 and dying horribl
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 23, 20203 min read
The Subjectivity of Writing a Story Ending
Shakespeare once penned that, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” That was in the complicated tale of Romeo and Juliette, during the balcony sce
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 22, 202011 min read
Not So Human - Chapter 22
Barely without thinking, Sabrina lashed out, her foot connecting with the female doctor’s stomach. With a forceful push, wires went flying.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 12, 20203 min read
How to Not Ruin Your Novel’s Falling Action
Alrighty then. We’re officially there. Officially ready to close our discussion on how to use falling action to deal with those pesky remain
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Tips 5 and 6 to Creating an SEO-Friendly Title
This is going to be the last installment of my SEO title-writing tips series… mainly because this then exhausts the limits of my SEO title-w
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 11, 20202 min read
A Really Random but Relevant Question
As your story winds down through the falling action, it should start prompting some questions. I’m not referring to the questions we referen
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 10, 20203 min read
Sense and Sensitivities
First and foremost, there’s always going to be the chance that you offend someone. Because some people are always looking to be offended. Th
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 9, 20203 min read
It’s Pretty Much Over (but Not Quite)
Once you hit the falling action part of your plot, it’s official: the climactic moment is complete. The darkest moment is over, with your pr
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 8, 202011 min read
Not So Human - Chapter 21
She slept the sleep of the blameless that night. Either that or the exhausted. At least one of which Alex didn’t share.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 5, 20203 min read
Deus Ex Machina to the Rescue?
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
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Tips 3 and 4 to Creating an SEO-Friendly Title
Last time we talked about this topic, I mentioned how pointless I find search engine optimization (SEO) for small businesses. It’s a big bus
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 4, 20203 min read
Sadism and Literary Climax (It Sounds Worse Than It is)
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 wan
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 3, 20204 min read
Writing Male vs. Female Characters
I’m not going to lie. I hate social media right now. But it is still useful every once in a while. After all, it allowed me to stumble onto
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 2, 20203 min read
Literary Climax Is the Worst
You know the part of a novel where there’s no more build-up. No more teasing. Just raw, unadulterated passion?In an espionage tale, this is
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 1, 202016 min read
Not So Human - Chapter 20
Sabrina glanced up at the ceiling and then out into the corridor beyond the sliding glass panel, as if seeing the lights for the first time.
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 22, 20203 min read
What Not 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 21, 20203 min read
Tips 1 and 2 to Creating an SEO-Friendly Title
f you’re determined to try to use SEO to your advantage, we’re tackling SEO tips in titles today. So come along. What you learn below might
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Jeannette DiLouie
May 21, 20203 min read
What 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 me
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