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Category Archives: Writing Tips
Developmental editing — how you can’t live without it, and how to make it affordable
Happy Friday! As senior editor for Story Perfect Editing Services, I’m heavily involved in helping Indie authors with editorial needs. Outside my private work, I’ve been supporting the Inkshares Quill author community, since these authors have funded for publication, but … Continue reading
Melissa Berg – The Science of Magic
Today, author Melissa Berg returns to talk about Magic! What is one of the most important ingredients for magic? Read on to find out what is essential in order to create a believable magic system for your world. To read more by Melissa Berg, go HERE. … Continue reading
Making a revision road map: turning beta and editor notes into a next draft plan
As this month’s series of posts on epic battles in fantasy wraps up, I’m back for my usual Friday post to continue my discussion about the process of writing a next draft. If you’ve missed the earlier installments, this all … Continue reading
A first step in revision — the three-tier approach to feedback
I hope you’re all enjoying our month’s topic of swords and epic battles in fantasy. Perhaps off-topic (though not entirely): today I’m going to continue my discussion about the process of writing a next draft. In last week’s post, I … Continue reading
Setting Weekly Milestones: How to get through multiples drafts of a book
Today in my newsletter, I shared about a new adventure that began this week: I started to read The Lord of the Rings again — the fourth time now for me. Returning to my Tolkien roots seems good timing for … Continue reading
6 Tips For Writing Engaging and Tension-filled Fight Scenes
Today, author Melissa Berg returns to talk about the two main types of fight scenes: Sword fights and epic battles. Want to know how to make your fights exciting and fun to read? Read on to find out her easy formula for … Continue reading
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The difference between a draft and a revision
In last month’s newsletter, I mentioned my road map to finishing Blood Dawn. I spent last week unpacking more of what was behind how I have focused my week into themed days (read that here), so I thought this week … Continue reading
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Our Friend – The Prologue
Today, Byron Gillan is back on the blog to discuss prologues. Interested in learning more? Read on. Click here for more posts by Byron. A raven-haired woman flees through the night, pursued by a band of villains… A terrible calamity befalls a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Advice, Byron Gillan, Fantasy world building, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Inkshares, Pillars of the Earth, prologue, The Children of the Forest, The Wheel of Time, world builders, world building, world building methods, world building tips
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My writing routine — creating a focus for days of the weeks
This month in my newsletter, I talked about how I have returned to the themed week strategy I used while writing Blood Dawn and it inspired me to write more about it for today’s blog post. In last week’s blog … Continue reading
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