When trying to “sell” your idea for a nonfiction self-help or how-to book to a literary agent, it’s important to cover the basic elements in your query letter book blurb. But aside from offering the “facts” of what your book is about, consider this strategy: Make it...
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Free Your Mind: Make the Most of Freewriting
It happens to the best of us: writer’s block. Whether your writing efforts are coming up empty or your thoughts are just too jumbled to make sense, freewriting (or stream-of-consciousness writing) is a great creative writing technique for generating new ideas or...
Dialogue Technique Dos And Don’ts
When writing dialogue for stories or novels, you would think it'd be easy to talk the talk. But writing strong dialogue between characters requires knowing how to use specific craft techniques effectively—and knowing which grammar mistakes to avoid! Dialogue...
5 Tips For Writing A Slice-Of-Life Vignette
Editors of contemporary literary journals love slice-of-life vignettes. According to Wikipedia, slice of life is: “a storytelling technique that presents a seemingly arbitrary sample of a character's life, which often lacks a coherent plot, conflict, or ending. The...
The Goldilocks Approach To Writing Description: Not Too Little, Not Too Much
Breaking and entering issues aside, the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears can teach writers quite a bit about writing descriptive passages in their short stories, essays, novels, and other books. Some readers love long, descriptive passages that linger on every...
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