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Basics of writing Novel writing Story Details

Is there a universal story formula?

07/22/201302/17/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 357 Views 0 Comments creating characters in fiction, fiction writing, good writing, novel writing, plot, rick taubold, story conflict, story elements, story formula, story resolution, writing

One of the topics often discussed in general writing workshops is basic story structure and the elements of a story. Let’s go over those first. A story–and we’re talking a piece of fiction or mostly fiction–in order to be considered

Basics of writing Editing Novel writing

The Various Levels of Editing–Part 1

05/20/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 384 Views 0 Comments editing, editing tips, good writing techniques, novel writing, publishing, scott gamboe, self-editing, self-publishing, writing

From Scott: Today, I’m going to talk about editing, or more specifically, the different levels of editing. Rick and I have mentioned before how important editing is to your work. Your readers expect a clean novel when they buy it,

Novel writing

We extracted the extraneous (part 2)

05/06/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 319 Views 0 Comments Chekov's gun, editing tips, fiction writing, good writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, red herrings, scott gamboe, story details, writing

From Scott: In my previous post, I discussed the inclusion of unnecessary clutter in your novels and how this can be detrimental to the quality of your work. If you put emphasis on something in a particular scene, it’s generally

Novel writing Story Details

Extract the extraneous

04/22/201304/28/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 350 Views 0 Comments Chekov's gun, editing tips, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, red herrings, scott gamboe, story details, writing

From Scott: We’ve all read a book where a seemingly random object or event will suddenly interrupt the story. This interjection is so out of place that we know it has something major to do with the plot. We spend

Confusing words General Self-Publishing

Miscellaneous tips and topics

03/18/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 373 Views 0 Comments book marketing, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, pricing your books, quoting song lyrics, rick taubold, self-promotion, song lyrics in novels, tips on MS Word, writing, writing blogs

From Rick: For this week’s post we have something a bit different. Lately I’ve run across a bunch of useful tidbits that I wanted to pass along because each is too short to warrant a separate blog. (1) THREE ARTICLES

Bad writing habits Basics of writing Novel writing

Hard habits to break–What not to learn from the pros

03/04/201304/27/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 324 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, fiction writing, good writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, scott gamboe, show don't tell, writing, writing habits

From Scott: Last time, I discussed some good habits I have learned from reading the works of other authors. Great writers like Vince Flynn, Terry Brooks, and James Patterson have used many successful tools and techniques, and if you study

Writing software

Scrivener vs. MS Word

01/21/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 414 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing, scott gamboe, Scott Oden, Scrivener, scrivener review, writing, writing software

From Scott: Today, word processing programs abound. Users of PCs have a wide variety of choices. By far the most widely used program is Microsoft Word, a part of the MS Office Suite. For years, I have been an exclusive

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Is your story the right size?

12/03/201208/08/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 422 Views 0 Comments editing, fiction writing, good writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, rick taubold, scott gamboe, writing

From Rick: This may sound like a strange topic, but it reflects a problem I’ve seen on several occasions. It means: does your story CONCEPT match the length allocated to it? The length problem spans all types of stories from

Editing

Force of habit: bad writing habits to avoid

11/05/201211/07/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 305 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits, editing tips, fiction writing, good writing techniques, novel writing, self-editing, writing

From Scott: We all have habits in our lives, some of them helpful, others not so much. They range from the route we take to work, to the foods we eat, to the way we talk. But when these habits

Basics of writing Confusing words

Honing your homophones

09/10/201212/24/2012 Write Well, Write To Sell 353 Views 0 Comments editing tips, good writing techniques, grammar basics, homophones, scott gamboe, writing

From Scott: Last week, Rick went into some detail regarding the perils and pitfalls of punctuation, or more specifically, commas. After pausing to salute his efforts, I would like to move forward into another area that can get a writer