This article will tell you everything you need to know about creating mood. There is also a short teaser to help illustrate how mood influences the story you are writing.
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We don’t just read books for the plots, but for the characters. We are following their lives, listening to their conversations, and even intruding on their most intimate moments. We befriend them and sympathize with what they are going through.
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Leave a CommentGreat book covers compel readers to grab and buy the book. This feat is a veritable art form in itself. Often, either authors take this matter for granted and spend little effort to ensure it looks artfully compelling, or worse, they take matters into their own hands and do the artwork themselves. This would be okay if they really know what they are doing. Often, the DIY approach proves devastating to first-time authors without enough book cover art experience.
Leave a CommentThere are many different types of thriller stories ranging from action adventure, mystery, crime, courtroom, and even paranormal. But there is one genre of this type that is different from the rest because it focuses more on the emotional aspects of the story, rather than the action. And that type of story is the psychological thriller.
Leave a CommentBy Douglas Glenn Clark Many readers and authors would laugh if I announced, “My book has broken into the Top 80,000 best-selling books at Amazon.com.”…
Leave a CommentI started a daily personal blog about my life in December 2009. I didn’t know if I could keep it up. More than 800 blogs have been posted. I’ve missed one! These are 5 of the top things that I’ve learnt…
Leave a CommentMany people want to be writers and you may be one of them. In order to make your dream occupation a reality, you need to have a plan. You also need to work on this plan constantly. These tips from a long-term writer may also help you.
Leave a CommentThere are almost countless sources of information available via the internet. Sure, one must exercise care when using these materials, but the same may be said for every research source. Some are more reliable than others; some require additional fact checking. I present ten categories.
Leave a Comment“Writing Rituals” is a productivity guide for commercial writers and copywriters. By using it’s 5 Writing Rituals, the author, Nick Usborne, claims “you can turn things around very quickly, and achieve a dramatic increase in your productivity. This means you’ll get more writing done faster, and earn more money, every day, every week, every month and every year.”
Leave a CommentThe other day, I got an interesting e-mail from a fellow online article author. He was not engaged in the selling trinkets or online article marketing, rather he was producing ideas and concepts, along with a little creative writing, and getting this information out to the world. What a noble cause indeed, a kindred spirit I might add.
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Leave a CommentIf William Shakespeare were alive today he might say, “If apps be the food of creative inspiration…download them”!
I might be mucking up words from one of the best know writers on the planet, but I’m just having a little fun with words. As a writer, it’s our obligation to have fun with words—when we write, scribble down inspired plot lines, and even record a few words of inspiration for that next best-selling novel.
Leave a CommentYou’ve read it before, probably on multiple occasions: Perfect grammar is less important when writing online content than it is for other types of writing.
Not so.
Grammar does matter.
1 CommentIn theory, writing a comedy script is easy; as a matter, of fact, we can apply that to writing a script of any kind, too. Writing anything is easy, period. However, when you start to apply qualifiers such as “funny” in front of the words “comedy script,” then the difficulty level obviously increases to the point that it can be very hard.
Leave a CommentAh, writing. For those of us who love to play with words, it’s like standing in front of a smorgasbord, agonizing over which delicacies to try. You can potter about with your writing as a thoroughly delightful hobby
Leave a CommentThis article explains to the wannabe writer how to actually become a writer. It shows that you need no special tools, just to sit down and write. It also shows how
emotion can bring a piece of writing alive for the reader.
Leave a CommentThere are times when you start writing and you just love the topic. Because of your enjoyment of it, you may find yourself getting more in depth than you planned and
possibly even moving off topic.
Meditation can calm your mind and ideas can just flood in. Your “muse” can fill you with just the inspiration you need. Just follow these easy steps.
Leave a CommentIt would be hard to argue against the premise that the language and themes commonly used in children’s books are relatively straightforward when compared to those in adult novels. However, as an aspiring author you shouldn’t assume that writing a children’s book is easy. Far from it!
Leave a CommentDaydreaming can count as writing. This is the journey of one author as she accepts daydreaming as a healthy exercise that feeds her writing success.
Leave a CommentFor a long time guys got all the glory in fantasy, action, and adventure books, but recently female characters (and writers) have been fighting their way to the forefront of these genres. This is a terrific trend-so long as we’re not doing it by simply slapping heels on our heroes, renaming them heroines, and calling it a day.
Leave a CommentAs strange as it may seem, even good book writing gets rejected sometimes. Learn the many personal and professional considerations that can impact the book buying decisions that are made by editors and publishers.
Leave a CommentPseudonyms abound in writing circles. What doesn’t abound is clear and insightful advice on how to choose the best pen name for a long-term career in novel writing.
Let’s have some fun. Check out the names of these genre fiction authors: Robin Hobb, Stephen King, Jack Higgins, Rebecca Brandewyne, Issac Asimov, Barbara Michaels, Alistair MacLean, Eboni Snoe…
Leave a CommentOne thing that is extremely helpful to authors as they are writing their book is market research. You may have heard this term used as it relates to consumer research for marketing services and products, but it is also a very relevant practice for writers, too!
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