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The Secret to Impressing Big Agents and Publishers
At the many writer’s conferences, I attend, I’m often asked, “What’s the secret to impressing big agents and publishers?” You pretty much need an agent to get your work read at a largely established publisher, and with millions of submissions flowing into their inboxes each year, the struggle is to make yours stand out. If
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7 Story Archetypes
A Great Resource A few years ago, an Italian writer named Bandello was living in France and published a book of stories, most of which he “borrowed” from other writers he had known. Not long after, one of his stories was translated into French with the title The Third Story of Two Lovers, where
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Because, Due To, Since, and As
By Bonnie Mills First, let’s disparage all the wordy ways to express the meaning “because.” There are quite a few: “due to the fact that,” “owing to the fact that,” “on account of,” and “on the grounds that,” for example. If you use “because” instead of those beasts, you can save up to four words. You should
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The 3 Types of Character Arc – Change, Growth and Fall
The main reason I disagree with people who claim every story fits the hero’s journey is that it’s not the only character arc out there, and it really doesn’t fit every story. While I wasn’t sure why exactly my story doesn’t fit the description when I wrote the post on The Hero’s Journey – My Pros and Cons, my late yet intense study of Story Structure made
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