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Posted on January 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Character secret thesaurus — pursuing a personal goal: Becca Puglisi lists some ways in which your character's unwillingness to reveal their ambitions could affect their behavior and the progression of your story (Writers Helping Writers).
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The siren song of memory: Lucian Childs shares his five strategies for avoiding sentimentality in fiction when mining his own past for material (Writer's Digest).
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How to use subtext and the art of dramatic tension: Zeeva Bukai explains five methods she uses, based on her acting experience, to illustrate the things that aren't said but merely implied on the page (Writer's Digest).
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Eight vital steps to get better at self-editing your fiction: K.M. Weiland likes to think that self-editing is as straightforward as finding where your story doesn't measure up to the writing guidelines you value, but she's hosting Ali Luke to provide a roadmap to help you better identify these places (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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Challenges and discipline in the writing life: C.S. Lakin suggests some (though not all) of the reasons you might encounter writer's block, along with strategies to work through them (Live Write Thrive).
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