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Avoiding info dumps

11/14/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 440 Views good writing techniques, info dumps in writing, novel writing, rick taubold, story hook, story openings

From Rick: This week I figured I’d change things up a bit and get away from the doom and gloom about publishing challenges, although I don’t think those challenges will be going away anytime soon. The best advice I can

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It’s all in the details

03/21/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 370 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, Kellee Kranendonk, story details, story hook, story openings

GUEST POST BY KELLEE KRANENDONK From Kellee: Sometimes minor details are just that. But sometimes little things have a way of becoming big things. So how do you know what details to include in your story and what to omit?

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Pacing your story

06/01/201506/08/2015 Write Well, Write To Sell 390 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, rick taubold, story hook, story openings, story pacing

From Rick: Someone recently asked the question: How does one get and hold a reader’s interest? This is a difficult to answer because not only are different readers interested in different things, but a given reader rarely has a single

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A guide to writing short stories and fighting dragons

04/28/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 383 Views 2 Comments Brandon Johnson, Brandon Mills Johnson, conflict, fiction writing, good writing techniques, story basics, story hook, story openings

by Brandon M Johnson From Rick: This week’s delightful and advice-filled blog post was originally submitted as an article on writing to Silver Blade magazine. Unfortunately, that magazine recently changed its editorial polices and no longer accepts such articles. However,

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Flashbacks–Think twice before you dwell on the past

02/25/201310/13/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 373 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, flashbacks, good writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, prologues, rick taubold, show don't tell, story hook, story openings

From Rick: Among the several sins that many new writers commit, premature flashbacks is often one of them. Two other big sins are launching into backstory too soon after the opening (or in the opening), and the use of a

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Story Openings–Part 5: Promises to your reader

07/30/201210/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 381 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, rick taubold, story hook, story openings

From Rick: A few blogs back (6/4/2012–“Your Cast of Characters”) I made reference to an article by David Farland and mentioned a point of disagreement I had with some of his points. This time, I’m going to refer to another

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Novel writing for beginners–Part 2

04/16/201210/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 393 Views 0 Comments creating characters in fiction, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, story hook, story openings

From Rick: Last time, I ended with the importance of characters. They are the backbone of fiction. Stories don’t exist in a vacuum. They must happen to someone, and that someone must care about the outcome. If nobody cares that

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Story Openings–Part 4: Case Studies

03/12/201210/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 342 Views 0 Comments editing, editing tips, fiction writing, good writing, good writing techniques, indie publishing, novel writing, scott gamboe, showing, story hook, story openings, telling

From Scott: We’ve had a few blog entries (including our excellent guest blogger, Robert Vardeman) about what a strong opening needs to have to capture the reader’s attention. Character. Setting. Conflict. Hook. Put all four of them in the opening

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Story Openings–Part 3: Voice

03/05/201210/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 449 Views 4 Comments editing, editing tips, fiction writing, good writing techniques, indie publishing, novel writing, openings, rick taubold, story hook, story openings, voice

From Rick: The last installment left off with the opening from Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House.” This is arguably one of the best openings in literature because it includes all of the elements of a great opening: character, setting, conflict, and

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Story Openings–Part 2: Hooks

02/27/201210/05/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 410 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, show don't tell, story hook, story openings, writing

From Rick: Welcome to Part 2 of our series on Openings. I trust that in the past couple of weeks you’ve had a chance to look over and analyze the samples presented. The first thing you should have done is

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