Writing Tips

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Are They Like You?

Hello again writer friends!

Today’s creative writing tip is one we all need to heed. If one or more of our characters are not like us, are they authentic?

Our characters may not be like…

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Varying the Length

Good morning Christian writer friends, I hope you are well!

Quick tip this week on varying sentence lengths. You may not have thought about it, but varying the length of your sentences (and paragraphs, incidentally) will give…

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Character is King

Hello again! Is it really possible that another week has passed since the last writing tip? :-)Today we’re going to think about characters, because they are essential to the success of our stories.

“Character is king” is an oft-quoted phrase, but it really is true.

However gripping the plot, however exciting the setting, your characters…

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Is Your Protagonist Motivated?

Hello again Writer Friends, and welcome to this week’s creative writing tip.

It’s a bit of an enigmatic title, but is your protagonist (main character) motivated? Motivated to do what? Well that, of course…

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Read Anything Good Recently?

Dear Writer Friends,

Here we are again, and nearly the end of January already! Hope you are enjoying your writing. 🙂 And your reading!

Once again I am going to enthuse about the necessity (and enjoyment!) of reading.

All reading is good, but the best thing you can do, if you want to be a good writer is …

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