Create the perfect hook using a postcard from the future | Writing Advice for Novelists
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Create the perfect hook using a postcard from the future | Writing Advice for Novelists
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A Christmas Carroll: How to Inject Wonder into Your Stories
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A Christmas Carroll: How to Inject Wonder into Your Stories
11:21
How to Write a Love Story That Isn’t Corny
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How to Write a Love Story That Isn’t Corny
11:52
Why Your Villain Should Be Good (And Your Hero Broken)
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Why Your Villain Should Be Good (And Your Hero Broken)
10:38
How to give your novel scrotum-tightening prose (and why you should).
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How to give your novel scrotum-tightening prose (and why you should).
10:42
Storytelling lesson from the Most Beautiful Girl Who Ever Robbed Me
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Storytelling lesson from the Most Beautiful Girl Who Ever Robbed Me
13:54
The Simple Novel-Writing Hack I Wish I’d Known When I Started Out
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The Simple Novel-Writing Hack I Wish I’d Known When I Started Out
9:33
How to Glue the Reader’s Nose to the Page Using Dialogue
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How to Glue the Reader’s Nose to the Page Using Dialogue
9:43
Improve your writing by silencing your inner Writing Cop.
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Improve your writing by silencing your inner Writing Cop.
10:48
How to Overcome the Writer’s Greatest Foe: Self-Doubt
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How to Overcome the Writer’s Greatest Foe: Self-Doubt
12:25
How to write a story that haunts the reader for days
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How to write a story that haunts the reader for days
10:55
The Secret Plotting Technique the Pros Don’t Want You to Know About
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The Secret Plotting Technique the Pros Don’t Want You to Know About
10:37
A great way to end your novel, with the help of Shelley and Jack Nicholson
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A great way to end your novel, with the help of Shelley and Jack Nicholson
10:57
One of the lessons from my online novel writing course.
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One of the lessons from my online novel writing course.
5:35
How to Write a Novel So Good the Bishop Burns It
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How to Write a Novel So Good the Bishop Burns It
11:02
How to Hook the Reader: A Lesson from Thomas Hardy’s Cat
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How to Hook the Reader: A Lesson from Thomas Hardy’s Cat
9:20
A Lesson from Citizen Kane: The Key Ingredient Your Novel Needs — Stakes
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A Lesson from Citizen Kane: The Key Ingredient Your Novel Needs — Stakes
9:47
Master ‘point of view’ in your novel, with a tip from a Samurai warrior.
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Master ‘point of view’ in your novel, with a tip from a Samurai warrior.
10:19
How to brainstorm your novel with the help of a cat
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How to brainstorm your novel with the help of a cat
9:29
How to write a page-turner using advice from the Kama Sutra
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How to write a page-turner using advice from the Kama Sutra
10:59
How to Craft a Horribly Fascinating Villain
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How to Craft a Horribly Fascinating Villain
9:21
How to write a novel in 11 minutes.
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How to write a novel in 11 minutes.
11:08
Learn to plot your novel using the saddest book ever written.
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Learn to plot your novel using the saddest book ever written.
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Create an unforgettable hero with the help of a ghost
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Create an unforgettable hero with the help of a ghost
9:40
The novel writing secret I learned from a man on death row.
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The novel writing secret I learned from a man on death row.
10:24
The Novel Writing Secret I Learned from Mr Quilp
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The Novel Writing Secret I Learned from Mr Quilp
9:13
How to write the perfect opening hook to your novel
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How to write the perfect opening hook to your novel
9:21
How to Write Your Novel Using Chekhov's Time Machine
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How to Write Your Novel Using Chekhov's Time Machine
7:28
How to write your novel using the Khaldei Technique.
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How to write your novel using the Khaldei Technique.
6:58
Novel writing tip from Anne Green, who came back from the dead
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Novel writing tip from Anne Green, who came back from the dead
8:52
The 700 year-old novel writing secret. ‘Thisness.’
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The 700 year-old novel writing secret. ‘Thisness.’
9:06
Write a page turner #shorts
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Write a page turner #shorts
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How to write a love story. Secrets I stole from Prince Harry
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How to write a love story. Secrets I stole from Prince Harry
10:36
The most important novel-writing secret of all. How not to give up.
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The most important novel-writing secret of all. How not to give up.
9:27
How to write a great villain, Part II
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How to write a great villain, Part II
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How to Write a Great Villain
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How to Write a Great Villain
9:24
How to write a book the reader can’t put down
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How to write a book the reader can’t put down
8:05
The life-changing writing tip I got from a stranger in a police cell.
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The life-changing writing tip I got from a stranger in a police cell.
7:12
Learn the secret of 'show don't tell' by playing Russian Roulette with Graham Greene.
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Learn the secret of 'show don't tell' by playing Russian Roulette with Graham Greene.
7:03
How to make your reader suffer using 'show don't tell'
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How to make your reader suffer using 'show don't tell'
6:37
How to put a spell on the reader
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How to put a spell on the reader
7:26
How to make the reader cry. (hint: show don't tell.)
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How to make the reader cry. (hint: show don't tell.)
8:15
How to write a great scene. (The definitive guide.)
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How to write a great scene. (The definitive guide.)
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How to write a Page-turner with the help of a flatulent donkey
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How to write a Page-turner with the help of a flatulent donkey
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