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Writing a strong and consistent character voice is one of the best ways to make your story stand out. A unique voice tailored to your character makes them feel real and more memorable to readers. But voice is tricky to get right. Too little attention to this important aspect of storytelling results in all the […] The post Writing 101: How to Find & Write Your Character’s Voice appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Are you afraid of using the weather in your writing? If so, you’re not alone. After all, if not careful, weather description can be a minefield of clichés. The sunny, cloudless afternoon at the beach. The gloomy rainstorm at a funeral. Overdone setting and weather pairings can lie flat on the page. Then there’s the […] The post How to Use Weather to Create Mood, Not Clichés appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Good news, wonderfulwriterly people…it’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest, where we help transform your story’s opening from good to great! If you need a bit of help with your opening, today’s the day to enter for a chance to win professional feedback! (We’ve had past winners tell us they’ve found their dream editors through this […] The post Win Feedback on Your First 3 Pages & Blurb appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
“What If No One Ever Publishes My Work?” If you’re worried that no publisher will pick YOUR novel, you’re not alone. This is a fear I’d venture 100% of authors have … and of course, it may even come true. Most of us will have at least one book we query that does not sell! […] The post How To Push Past The Fear of Never Getting Published appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Crafting characters that readers will connect to is every writer’s goal and dozens (hundreds?) of methods exist to achieve it: deep backstory planning, character profile sheets, questionnaires, etc. Regardless of the roadmap a writer uses, writing an authentic character boils down to one important action: intentionally drawing from the real world, and specifically, the human […] The post How to Show Your Character’s Repressed Emotions appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
AI can’t dig into what situations feel like and what they mean to our characters and their hopes for the future—or what they mean to readers.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Showing authentic character emotion isn’t easy, which is why so many writers turn to The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression. It covers 130 emotions, providing lists of body language, visceral sensations, dialogue cues, and thoughts to help you describe them. Today, the eBook is a Kindle Day Deal $1.49 at Amazon (US […] The post Show, Don’t Tell: Write Authentic Character Reactions with The Emotion Thesaurus appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
I’m a productive writer. I get things done. I’ve published ten books, built an author platform, grown a subscriber list, and I regularly speak at writers’ conferences and events. But while researching my latest book, Escape the Writer’s Web, I stumbled across something uncomfortable. Despite all the ways I consistently show up, I’m still procrastinating. […] The post Hidden Ways Procrastination Affects Productive Writers appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Critical response process turns you into the critique partner every writer wants: someone who offers actionable observations instead of opinionated fixes. Developed by choreographer Liz Lerman for dance and theater critique, critical response process teaches you to describe what’s happening on the page and why—skills that help fellow writers identify issues while sharpening your own […] The post Make Yourself the Most Useful Writer in Your Critique Group appeared first on WRITERS HELPIN...| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
The latest post in our Writing 101 series is all about the dreaded infodump—when the author drops a landslide of information on the reader and the pace (and reader interest) grinds to a halt. These big blocks of text often show up in early chapters when a writer wants to be sure they’ve explained everything […] The post Writing 101: How to Fix an Infodump appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Let’s explore the four key areas that influence how well your Amazon book page converts visitors to buyers— and how you can improve each one.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Good news, wonderfulwriterly people…it’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest, where we help transform your story’sopening from good to great! This contest is closed. Please try again next month. If you’d like to be notified when the next one goes live, consider subscribing to the blog (in the sidebar). If you need a bit of help […] The post Win Feedback on Your First 10 Pages appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
When it comes to showing our character’s path to healing in the aftermath of a destructive wound, we need to take it slow.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Tapping into our reader’s psyche to pull on their emotions is essential. The secret to achieving it is emotional common ground.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
For anyone considering cowriting: always communicate more than you think you need to. And remember, it’s not a competition—it’s a duet.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Released on February 19, 2019. The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded as a Second Edition that includes 55 new entries! One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and […]| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Write stronger fiction faster with the bestsellling Writers Helping Writers Thesaurus Guides, used by editors & writers all over the world.| WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®