Writing Tips

By 7bloodfire

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Need help developing your skills, or just need to brush up on some tips when you are having writers' block... More

Perfecting Writing
Section One - The Process: Start to End
How to Write a Book-- Probably.
The Pitch
A Basic Formula
The Summary / Blurb / Query Must be Concise
Funny Writing
The Essay OUTLINE -- Explained
The OUTLINE Form -- Filled Out
The CHAPTER OUTLINE - A Different Approach
Synopsis - Part One
Synopsis - Part Two
Synopsis - Part Three: Example
Tense Writing
Point of View
Starting Every Sentence with "I"
Starting Every Sentence with "You"
How to Create A Villain (or an Antagonist)
Appearing Intelligent With Words
Overcoming Writers' Block
Writing Descriptions Using the Seven Elements
Writing Descriptions for Food
What to Write
A Commercial Tactic to Creating Story Concepts
Following a Fad
Punctuation
Using Commas
Commas: Independent and Dependent Clauses
Using Trello to Write a Mystery
New Writer Shirts Available!
Leviathans Series Update

What's Next?

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By 7bloodfire

Okay, this is a playful piece, just seeing what you guys would like me to write about next?

How about how to describe food in writing?

I used to find this particularly difficult, as I had grown up on a very small variation of meals, all of which were almost exactly the same because we couldn't cook! Yet I challenged myself to write about food an old draft called The Dark Ones' Halo Gate.

In one of the chapters, the main character, Marie, goes on to threaten William with a food utensil, and then she smothers the pie he almost reached for, spits in it because she is so angry at him for betraying her, and then hands it to him. Yum.  Nice friendship, right?

All the food I described in this scene made me so hungry every time I read over it afterward.

I could also write about a separate topic you deem more important. Your choice! Just tell me in a comment!

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