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Writing advice: Who should you listen to?

05/24/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 355 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, choosing from writing advice, fiction writing, good and bad writing advice, good writing techniques, rick taubold

From Rick: Here’s the problem: Advice on writing is easy to come by, but who should you listen to for the most reliable advice? What do you do when the advice is contradictory? —Should you listen to the bestselling authors

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Common writing mistakes plus other tips

04/19/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 378 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, common writing mistakes, good writing techniques, rick taubold, writing tips

From Rick: I recently watched a short video from Reedsy.com on common new writer mistakes. It’s a short video (13 minutes) and worth watching. However, I’m going to summarize them below, add a few comments, and add some other tips

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Proper use of “as,” “while,” “when”

04/05/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 354 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, editing tips, good writing techniques, rick taubold

From Rick: I’ve previously talked about the evils of “as” clauses, and I lumped the overuse of present participles (“-ing” words) in with those. In my 3/22/2021 post I briefly touched on present participles as well and some issues with

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You don’t say: More thoughts on dialogue tags

03/29/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 386 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, good writing techniques, rick taubold, Use of "said" in dialogue tags, writing advice

From Rick: In my 3/8/2021 post I talked about overusing “said” in dialogue tags, and in the second sentence of that post I said, “I want to make it clear that I AM NOT ADVOCATING REPLACING “SAID” WITH OTHER WORDS

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Overusing “said” in dialogue tags

03/08/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 369 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, editing tips, rick taubold, unnecessary dialogue tags, Use of "said" in dialogue tags

From Rick: Before any of you stomp on me for the title of this post, I want to make it clear that I AM NOT ADVOCATING REPLACING “SAID” WITH OTHER WORDS as a matter of course. The purpose of this

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Analyzing your story, Part-4: Keeping your story moving

02/08/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 346 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, editing tips, eliminate slow scenes, good writing techniques, keeping yur story moving, novel writing, rick taubold

From Rick: So far in this series, I’ve dealt with three aspects: (1) your story’s purpose in terms of what you want to convey to your reader (2) keeping the reader with you in terms of understanding the characters’ motives

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Story flaws: Finding and fixing them—PART 2

10/26/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 307 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, fiction writing, finding and fixing story flaws, good writing techniques, rick taubold, story flaws

From Rick: In PART-1, I talked about three major flaws a story can have: (1) The story fails to engage the reader (2) The characters fail to engage the reader (3) The story takes too long to become interesting (or

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Story flaws: Finding and fixing them—PART 1

10/19/202010/26/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 317 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, finding and fixing story flaws, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, story flaws

From Rick: What’s wrong with your story? Why are magazine editors rejecting your short stories? Are your novels getting mixed reviews (or no reviews)? In a series of two posts I’m going to offer some suggestions for things you can

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Overwritten manuscripts: how to fix—PART 3

03/23/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 601 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, critique groups, overwriting, rick taubold, wordiness

From Rick: In Part 2, I talked about two ways in which writers may overwrite: —unnecessary use of characters’ names —repeated words and phrases In this last part I’ll finish up this series by talking about three other ways writers

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Overwritten manuscripts: how to fix—PART 2

03/10/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 503 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, fiction writing, good writing techniques, overwriting, rick taubold, wordiness

From Rick: Last time, I pointed out several ways in which writers overwrite their stories and novels: —unnecessary dialogue tags —wordiness in general —unnecessary repetition of information To that list I want to add: —unnecessary use of characters’ names —repeated

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