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Use Character to Get Under Your Readers’ Skins

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There's a lot more to horror than simply creating a monster or scheduling a few jump scares. The greatest horror hits your audience in...

Bringing the Dead (Projects) Back to Life

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On Monday, we shared an article about the sunk cost fallacy, and knowing when it's time to put two tears in a bucket and...

Worldbuilding Should Reinforce Character and Plot

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In their newest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts start a new series on worldbuilding. They talk with guest Fonda Lee about her process, which...

Not Hitting Your KPIs? Schedule a Staff Meeting With Yourself

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With 2 months left in the year, it's a good time to check in on your writing goals. If you didn't quite make the...

Why are the Crazy Ones Always So Hot?

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From Lucifer on down, we are culturally attracted to beautiful killers. The list is lengthy, but for many, it starts and ends with serial...

Don’t Preach: Craft an Emotional Experience When Writing Big Topics

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In a post on Writer Unboxed, Kathryn Craft discusses the challenges of tackling important issues in your writing, while avoiding preachiness. Instead, Craft urges...

Re-Thinking the Passive “Was”

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This editor admits: the overuse of the passive "was" in fiction is one of our biggest pet peeves. In fact, it's our major bone...

“Don’t ‘Yee-Haw’ Me!”: On Writing Competent Dialect

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The use of dialect in fiction is an oft-debated subject. While its foes are adamant it should never be attempted, an equal number of...

Pants or No Pants, Your Butt Needs To Be in the Seat

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There's only one unalterable rule of writing: eventually, you have to write. Not think about, talk about, take a class about it, but actually...

Here’s to Better Sex in Crime Fiction

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In writing, as in life, there's nothing like great sex. Unfortunately, after we're done, we often have to admit...that was nothing like great sex. This...

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