Practice Writing Plot in a Role Play Online - Fiction ...
Okay, so I admit it, I have "stumbled", "slunk", "sauntered" (and just about any word other than "walked") into a random online role play game (RPG) chat room a few times in my many years online. (It is actually [... more]
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Setting goals for your writing career - Fiction Writing
Before you start contacting agents and publishers, and ideally before you even take the plunge with that first book, it's worth taking some time to think about what you want from your writing career. Publishers are reluctant to invest in ... [... more]
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The Importance of Foreshadowing - Fiction Writing
A foreshadow is the hint of something to come in a story. While fiction can imitate art, fiction also has some abilities to bend time that life does not. Like a flashback, a foreshadow is one of these time travelling tools except that instead of ... [... more]
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Creating Believable Characters - Fiction Writing
Characters are what readers remember about stories. You may have worked hard to craft the most brilliant description of a sunset that has ever been written and your reader will most likely have enjoyed reading it, but what your readers are really ... [... more]
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Story Length - Fiction Writing
The length of your story will, of course, depend on the story you are writing. But how to market your story will depend on its length. Stories are measured by word on the general market and an average page of written prose is 250 words long. In ... [... more]
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Automatically typing your characters' names
If you use word processing software, such as MS Word or Writer for Open Office, you may want to make use of some features that are excellent resources for writers. No matter which software you use, you should be able to use your Help file to find ... [... more]
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Do you need writing software? - Fiction Writing
Have you seen the advertisements for all the writing software that is being developed? I must admit, I was intrigued. What are the software developers offering that your standard word processing package doesn't? There is more than one answer to ... [... more]
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Organising and saving your writing - Fiction Writing
It can be valuable to keep a record of how your novel has developed over the months or years that it takes you to write it. One reason is that you may want to reincorporate some element that you once deleted, or move a spin off plot into a new novel. [... more]
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