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    Write Better: Tips and tricks
    Write Better: Tips and tricks
    WriterKellie
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    Ongoing, First published Feb 11, 2015
    The guide for aspiring  fiction writers who want to improve, sharpen, review, and/or learn. 
        
        Warning! This book encourages editing and contains many tips that  often require revision. Practice makes perfect, and it's good to workout your mental muscles. The more you do now, the better your writing will be later (because you'll correct yourself *before* you get it on paper). 
        
        If you think your writing is perfect or you're lazy or unwilling to try new shoes on your baby, just turn away now. You'll find this guide about as useful as hoarding frozen peas.
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    Table of contents
    • Introduction
      Mon, Feb 23, 2015
    • Genre vs Category
      Mon, Feb 23, 2015
    • How not to spoil your story :: Criticism and the Writer
      Mon, Feb 23, 2015
    • Resting before editing
      Mon, Feb 23, 2015
    • What comes first: the grammar or the rewrites?
      Wed, Mar 25, 2015
    • Apples and Oranges and Grammar, oh my!
      Wed, Mar 25, 2015
    • Cleaning out the fridge (of critiques)
      Thu, Mar 19, 2015
    • What do you say after receiving critiques and comments?
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Following the Recipe (IE: The Rules of Writing)
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • How do I Improve?
      Thu, Jan 7, 2016
    • What is the right tense and pov?
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Those Foul Flaws
      Wed, Mar 25, 2015
    • When to Tag
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Dialogue Tags
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Action/Description Tags
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Said vs Whispered, spoke, lied, etc.
      Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    • Consistency
      Fri, Apr 17, 2015
    • The Eyes Have It
      Fri, Apr 17, 2015
    • PSA for Writers: Editing or Beggaring?
      Sun, Apr 19, 2015
    • PSA for Editors: IDing Red Flags
      Tue, Apr 21, 2015
    • Shortening word count without losing content
      Tue, Apr 21, 2015
    • To Use or not to employ: the Thesaurus
      Wed, Apr 22, 2015
    • Adverbs
      Wed, Dec 23, 2015
    • Dates
      Fri, Jan 8, 2016
    • Tell v Show, part one
      Fri, Jan 29, 2016
    • Chapter Length
      Wed, Mar 23, 2016
    • What is Suspension of disbelief?
      Mon, Mar 28, 2016
    • Basic (small-scale) Pacing
      Wed, Mar 30, 2016
    • Fight scenes
      Mon, Apr 11, 2016
    • Young Writers
      Wed, Apr 13, 2016
    • Blurb vs Synopsis
      Fri, May 6, 2016
    • Who do I ask for help with my story?
      Wed, May 25, 2016
    • You have to read BOOK TITLE before you can write.
      Fri, May 27, 2016
    • How do I write [X]?
      Tue, May 31, 2016
    • I keep getting the same feedback!
      Wed, Jun 15, 2016
    • Swearing
      Fri, Jun 24, 2016
    • Ways to start a sentence
      Thu, Jul 14, 2016
    • Rewrite from scratch
      Thu, Sep 15, 2016
    • Little did he know....[aka spoilers]
      Mon, Sep 19, 2016
    • Will someone steal my idea?
      Sun, Sep 25, 2016
    • How much description is too much?
      Sun, Oct 9, 2016
    • A Likable Main Character
      Wed, Nov 2, 2016
    • Is my idea interesting/original/unique?
      Fri, Dec 30, 2016
    • Character X wouldn't do [action]
      Fri, Oct 21, 2016
    • Mystery in Chapter One
      Tue, Dec 6, 2016
    • Perfection
      Thu, Dec 1, 2016
    • Getting readers to flock to you
      Wed, Jan 11, 2017
    • Accuracy
      Fri, Feb 10, 2017
    • Why didn't I win?
      Tue, Feb 14, 2017
    • Making Paragraphs
      Mon, Feb 20, 2017
    • Sentence Order
      Mon, May 15, 2017

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    The guide for aspiring  fiction writers who want to improve, sharpen, review, and/or learn. 
        
        Warning! This book encourages editing and contains many tips that  often require revision. Practice makes perfect, and it's good to workout your mental muscles. The more you do now, the better your writing will be later (because you'll correct yourself *before* you get it on paper). 
        
        If you think your writing is perfect or you're lazy or unwilling to try new shoes on your baby, just turn away now. You'll find this guide about as useful as hoarding frozen peas.

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    • Why didn't I win?
      Tue, Feb 14, 2017
    • Making Paragraphs
      Mon, Feb 20, 2017
    • Sentence Order
      Mon, May 15, 2017
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