Helping Writers Become Authors

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Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)


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Are You Called to Be a Writer?

Is our writing just a fun pastime – or is it a calling?

Why Word Count Goals Can Be Destructive

For some writers, word counts can prove more problematic than they’re worth.

10 Habits of Successful Authors

If, by the end of the year, you can cross the following habits of successful authors off your checklist, you’ll be a force to reckon with in the literary world!

11 Killer Chapter Breaks

Chapter breaks are do-or-die territory for novelists.

Are Your Characters Talking Heads?

When planning your scenes, even scenes where what’s said is what’s important, give your characters something to do.

How Music Will Make You a Better Writer

Why not tap into the power of music when you need the inspiration most: while you’re writing.

Why You Should Write More Than One Genre

4 Reasons I Quit Writing Exercises

I argue that keeping a writing-exercise journal is an ineffective, inefficient, and occasionally even detrimental habit.

How to Kill a Character – And Avoid Hate Mail

When your story demands you kill a prominent character, how do you tap into the power and pathos without infuriating your readers?

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