Flashback

Writing flashbacks is an important skill to master if your novel cuts across time periods or strongly features characters’ memories. Here are 7 key steps for how to write a flashback scene . . . see more.

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Don’t Be Boring

As fiction writers, it’s our job to create a vivid, detailed world for our readers. But that won’t happen if you have boring, generic descriptions in your manuscript. Generic descriptions are fuzzy, ambiguous words – words like: nice good uncomfortable pretty really very . . . see more.  

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Too Tense?

English Verb Tenses Made Simple: A Free Course Do you want to speak and write fluently, without stopping to think about what is the correct tense to use? Do you sometimes hesitate, unsure of which verb form you should use now? Then this FREE course is for you . . . see more.  

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Getting It Right

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-improve-writing-skills/?utm_source=grammarly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BlogNL&utm_content=NL_061717&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=&utm_content= By Karen Hertzberg Becoming a better writer takes practice, and you’re already practicing. No, seriously—you write a lot. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, you put thoughts into text more often than you realize. At the very least, you write . . . see more

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