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Mistakes with story openings and how to write great first lines

11/30/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 304 Views 0 Comments good writing techniques, rick taubold, story beginnings, story opening mistakes, story openings

From Rick: In this age when it’s easier than ever to sample the writing online (and with so many choices available to readers), it’s more important than ever to ensure you don’t lose a sale simply because your opening lacks

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The key elements of good storytelling

02/04/202002/07/2020 Write Well, Write To Sell 624 Views 1 Comment elements of good storytelling, good writing techniques, rick taubold, story details, story openings

From Rick: This week’s post is going to be relatively short because it’s designed to make you think about your story, ask questions about it, and to help you analyze it for effectiveness. Keep in mind that because each story

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A balancing act: keeping the reader informed and interested-Part 2

09/23/201911/11/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 466 Views 1 Comment good writing techniques, holding reader interest, rick taubold, show don't tell, story openings

From Rick: I’m going to do something a little different this time to demonstrate how one balances two important aspects of a story: informing the reader and maintaining reader interest. I did a previous post on this, but here I’m

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A balancing act: keeping the reader informed and interested

07/22/2019 Write Well, Write To Sell 501 Views 0 Comments description tips, good writing techniques, novel writing, story openings

From Rick: Consider the following story opening: ========== TWO DAYS AGO: Tonight he’d do it. Severin had watched the place every night for the past week. His long, dark hair gelled back, his face black-smudged, and wearing black slacks and

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Avoiding info dumps

11/14/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 453 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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Never open with dialogue?

08/21/201708/22/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 474 Views dialog basics, good writing techniques, opening with dialog, rick taubold, story openings

NOTE: There will be no post next week because I’ll be out of town in Las Vegas doing a couple of booksignings with my “Mosaic” co-author Chris Keaton. If any of you live in the Las Vegas area, stop by

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The case of the missing beginning

08/07/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 443 Views good writing techniques, rick taubold, story beginnings, story openings

From Rick: On numerous occasions I’ve preached about openings: make sure you have a strong one, and make sure you start the story in the right place. But what if you have a story in mind, one that you’ve written

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The #1 writing mistake

03/13/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 631 Views 1 Comment fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, story openings, strong story openings

From Rick: This week I’m going to take a break from my cover design series. It’s a time-consuming series to write and sometimes I need to give each post more careful thought than only a week allows time for. ==========

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Perspectives on creative writing and storytelling

10/03/201601/21/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 386 Views 0 Comments creative writing, fiction writing, how to write a story, rick taubold, show don't tell, story openings, story vs. anecdote, storytelling basics

From Rick: What is creative writing? According to one Wikipedia article: “Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character

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It’s all in the details

03/21/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 385 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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