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  • How Did JK Rowling Do It
    Fantasy fiction is big business, and many authors are trying hard to break in. The burning question on all their lips is, "How did JK Rowling do it?" And the answer to that is pretty simple. She gave the readers what they wanted.
  • Gauge or Caliber: Getting Your Research Right
    Writers often need to know just what kind of weaponry their protagonists are using. Here's a useful primer as to the different terms and what they mean.
  • Writing Tips - Adding Complexity To Your Narrative
    Complex narrative structure is used by authors to add interest by complicating the story. This article outlines several methods of achieving this.
  • Getting Published - A Stairway to Heaven
    Eight Steps to success as a published writer, and how to avoid slipping back down them again.
  • Fifty Creative Ways to Get Her To Say Yes
    Many young men get into a twist when considering how to propose to their intended. This list is meant to offer some lighthearted support, and get their creativity sparkling like the diamond they are handing over.
  • Fantasy Writing - Six Cliches to Avoid
    If you're a writer in the fantasy genre, here are 6 clichés you should try to avoid in your stories.
  • Short Story Writing - Ten Endings to Avoid
    A logical, satisfying ending is always required in a short story, but how do you ensure that yours is fresh and new? One of the ways is to avoid the obvious. Here are some common endings seen by editors: use them at your peril.
  • How To Take The Chill Out Of Cold Calls
    There are several things you can do to take the "chill" out of prospect calls. Here are some common sense "do's and don'ts" to help you get more quality appointments on such calls:
  • Writing Tips - Planning Your Writing
    A lot of beginners go off the rails when they've got a nice clean sheet of paper or a blank screen in front of them and they've got to fill it with words - meaningful words.
  • Ten Ways to Give Up Smoking, And One That Works
    Over the years I've tried many times to give up smoking. Along the way I've subjected myself to some of the 'recommended' methods. If you are thinking about giving up, here are some ways not to go about it.
  • Writing Tips - Five Ways to Immediately Improve
    As a writer it is all too easy to concentrate on the mechanics of submitting work to editors and to forget that the writing itself is of primary importance. We should all be constantly seeking to improve. If we do that, editorial approval will become that much easier.
  • Science Fiction Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
    Adoption into the mainstream makes science fiction both easy to sell, and hard to write without seeming tired and cliched. Here are ten situations you should steer away from, and some variations to consider if you're determined to proceed.
  • Horror Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
    For anyone thinking about writing in the horror genre, there are certain situations that, over the years, have been done so often that the audience knows exactly what to expect. Using any of these is fine if you're being post-modern and ironic as in the Scream series, because you can get the audience laughing as they jump. But if you're trying for the big scare, here are some situations to avoid, and alternative scenarios to consider.
  • Crime Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
    Crime fiction is big business at the moment, but there are certain situations that have been overplayed so much that they have become genre cliches and everybody knows what to expect next. Here are ten cliches you should try to avoid and thoughts on how to subvert the cliches if you do decide to use them.
  • Writing Tips - A Mantra For All Writers
    Here is your mantra. Chant it at all times, and repeat it to boring types at dinner parties.



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