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This week, Alice Sudlow and Dan Brotzel each offer ten tips for entering and winning short story contests. Joe Bunting provides a guide to story arcs and writing an effective first chapter, while Robert Wood challenges us to add a radical twist to our plots.

At Writer’s Digest, David Corbett teaches us how to develop our characters with each new scene while Elizabeth Sims shows us ways to elevate our stories to greatness. KD Holmberg reminds us that inanimate objects can also be powerful characters, and Chris Winkle helps us fill in our story’s middle.

All that and little more. Enjoy!

How to Write a Good First Chapter by Joe Bunting

Story Arcs: Definitions and Examples of the Six Shapes of Stories by Joe Bunting

Ten Lessons from Entering Hundreds of Short Story Competitions by Dan Brotzel

10 Steps to Win a Writing Contest by Alice Sudlow

6 Daring Plot Twists to Try in Your Writing Part I and Part II by Robert Wood

7 Simple Ways to Make a Good Story Great by Elizabeth Sims

Inanimate Objects as Characters by KD Holmberg

How to Craft Characters Scene by Scene by David Corbett

Backstory for Writers: When and How by Ane Mulligan

Filling in Your Story’s Middle by Chris Winkle

Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by Association of American Publishers

Publisher Rocket vs. KD Spy: Which is Best for You? by Brendan Hufford

 

 

 

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This week, Christopher Cybusz explains what it means to write SF today. Lynn Steger Strong ponders whether you can afford to be a writer without the help of other people’s money while Anne R. Allen cites idiotic advice offered to new writers.

Joslyn Chase and Gabriel Valjean discuss, respectively, five writing rules and styles to learn… before you attempt to break them. Jami Gold reminds us that just as we were helped by mentors or other resources in our writing journey, we should take the time to pay it forward.

Over at the Write Practice, Joe Bunting defines the inciting incident and the denouement and provides examples of each. Oh, and Simon & Schuster is up for sale if anyone has a few bucks to spare.

All that and a little more. Enjoy!

How to Write Science Fiction by Christopher Cybusz

Local Bookstores Have a New Weapon in the Fight with Amazon by Joan Verdon

A Dirty Secret: You Can Only Be A Writer If You Can Afford It by Lynn Steger Strong

Clueless Advice People Give New Writers: 10 Things to Ignore by Anne R. Allen

Five Writing Crimes and How to Get Away With Them by Gabriel Valjean

Five Writing Style Tips to Make Your Writing Stronger by Joslyn Chase

How Can Writers Pay It Forward? by Jami Gold

Simon & Schuster is Up for Sale by Edmund Lee and Alexandra Alter

Denouement: Definition and Examples of the Literary Term by Joe Bunting

Inciting Incident: Definition, Examples, Types, and How to Start a Story Right by Joe Bunting

Power Up Your Prose with Rhetorical Devices by Suzanne Purvis via Janice Hardy

 

 

 

 

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This week, Kristen Lamb ponders the importance of talent while Chris Syme offers a primer on preserving your authorial reputation in a crisis.

Kris Kennedy concludes her five-part series on avoiding the nefarious info-dump and Jordan Dane defines narrative drive.

Over at Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass analyzes what makes a true hero or heroine while Heather Webb provides tips on writing an effective query letter.

The New York Times reminds us that fact-checking is everyone’s responsibility and Kickstarter finds itself embroiled in a labor dispute.

All that and a little more. Enjoy!

Do Some People Lack the Talent to be a Successful Author? by Kristen Lamb

The Five Myths of Crisis Management for Authors by Chris Syme via Anne R. Allen

Pitfalls and Solutions for Writing a Science Thriller by Amy Rogers

Backstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making it Essential-Part Four and Part Five by Kris Kennedy via Jami Gold

Narrative Drive—Do You Have It? by Jordan Dane

Rookie Mistakes Indie Writers Make by James Scott Bell

It’s a Fact: Mistakes are Embarrassing the Publishing Industry by Alexandra Alter

The Making of a Hero or Heroine by Donald Maass

Writing the Query Letter: Dos and Don’ts by Heather Webb

How to Market a Book: 10 First Steps by Joe Bunting

Is There a Labor War Brewing Inside of Kickstarter? by Tobias Carroll

Articles, Blog, Writing and Publishing

About This Writing Stuff…

This week, PJ Parrish weighs in on the proper use of metaphors while editor Beth Hill delves into the differences between showing and telling. At Writer Unboxed, Kathryn Craft discusses enhancing dialogue through misdirection and modulation, David Corbett provides two methods of motivating your protagonist, and Lynne Griffin advises us to knot up our stories with conflict and tension.

Jonathan Vars offers tips on creating time-bomb plots and effective use of settings, and Kate Coe reviews the etiquette of editing another writer’s work.

All that and little more… Enjoy!

Do You Dare to Eat a Peach? Finding the Perfect Metaphor by PJ Parrish

Bring Your Dialogue to Life by Kathryn Craft

Motivating the Reluctant Protagonist by David Corbett

Dying to Know, Afraid to Find Out: Building Tension in Fiction by Lynne Griffin

Building an Author Website: The First Step to Publishing by Joe Bunting

12 Tips to Get Unstuck and Finish Writing Your Book by Lorna Faith

Showing and Telling Particulars by Beth Hill

3 Tips to Creating a Time Bomb Plot Device and How to Create a Setting from Nothing in 5 Steps by Jonathan Vars

Editing Someone Else’s Work by Kate Coe