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3 tips to spice up your dialogue

July 29, 2021

Dialogue is critical. It’s not necessary, but in stories where it’s present, it needs to flow and keep the story going. That can be hard though. Small talk keeps the story still. Sometimes dialogue can feel like an info dump. So, how do we keep it interesting? GOALS Give every character a goal—usually a different … More 3 tips to spice up your dialogue

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CWM: #6 — Unnecessary details

June 24, 2021

The plot is coming along. We’re getting to an important moment—but wait! I forgot to mention something. Let me write it down because it’s important. But now the reader is wondering why I stopped the story to describe something in the middle of the chapter. As a writer myself, I get it. I’ve wanted to … More CWM: #6 — Unnecessary details

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CWM: #5 — Misusing hyphens

June 10, 2021

Besides the gray with an a vs. grey with an e battle, there’s one common spelling error I’ve often noticed while editing: hyphenated words. Sometimes we believe a word needs a hyphen when it doesn’t. Or we forget the hyphen when we actually need one. It could also depend on how we use the word … More CWM: #5 — Misusing hyphens

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