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Formatting your novel with Styles—Part 4: using your new template

07/15/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 389 Views 0 Comments create custom templates in MS Word, indie publishing, manuscript formatting, manuscript templates in Word, novel writing, rick taubold, self-publishing

From Rick: It occurred to me after doing Part 3 that I didn’t show you how to use your new template. It’s pretty easy, actually, but there are a couple of cautions to be aware of. This will be a

Basics of writing

Tips on writing from the experts

05/20/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 383 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, writing tips, writing tips from the masters

From Rick: A good friend recently shared some writing tips from Kurt Vonnegut, and this prompted me to look up the source. In doing so, I found a site with tips from many noted authors. This is an extensive collection

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The rules of good writing from Mark Twain

02/04/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 438 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses, good writing techniques, Mark Twain, novel writing, rick taubold

From Rick: None have said it better than Mark Twain in his famous essay FENIMORE COOPER’S LITERARY OFFENSES . I’ve added my thoughts and comments. “There are nineteen rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction—some say twenty-two. In

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Dealing with story details and description—Part 2

01/14/201904/05/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 495 Views 0 Comments description, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, story details

From Rick: Do you interrupt your story with description? Scott and I have dealt with the topic of description several times in 2015 and more recently in Part of this two-part series back in September 2018. Click on DESCRIPTION in

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Ego and ignorance: The writer’s two worst enemies

12/03/2018 Write Well, Write To Sell 432 Views 0 Comments advice for writers, importance of research, indie publishing, novel writing, rick taubold, writer education

From Rick: Lately, I’ve been doing occasional posts on what may sound like the seven deadly sins for writers. I did one called “Greed” (July 31, 2018) in which I talked about what can happen when writers get greedy, are

Point of view

POV choice and narrative voice

10/09/2018 Write Well, Write To Sell 383 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, narrative voice, novel writing, POV, rick taubold

From Rick: For a while now I’ve been promising to write a series of posts about omniscient point of view. The reason I’ve delayed is that I simply haven’t had the time to write articles that will do justice to

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Dealing with story details and description—Part 1

09/10/2018 Write Well, Write To Sell 476 Views 0 Comments description, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, story details

From Rick: From time to time the question arises from writers about how much detail and description to add to a story and how and when to insert it. This important topic is going to take at least two posts

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Novel openings revisited

08/28/2018 Write Well, Write To Sell 350 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, novel openings, novel writing, rick taubold

From Rick: I’ve talked many times about the importance of your opening. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a novel or a short story. In today’s world where instant gratification seems to be more the rule of the day, if you

Basics of writing How to write a story

Story structure models–PART 2

08/20/201811/09/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 452 Views 0 Comments editing tips, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, outlining, pantsing, plotting, rick taubold, story structure

From Rick: In Part 1, I gave you some reference articles to read regarding various story structures. Before I get started, I want to make a couple of comments: (1) I do not use any of these methods directly when

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Story structure models–PART 1

08/13/2018 Write Well, Write To Sell 445 Views 0 Comments editing tips, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, outlining, pantsing, plotting, rick taubold, story structure

From Rick: As promised last time, I’m going to be discussing story structure, and I will be doing it in two parts. If you didn’t read last week’s post, you probably should do so first. In this part, I’m simply

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