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Tips On Writing a Great Novel Theme: How to Create an Effective Theme that Fits Story Characters

By: Joe Lam

Kat Richardson On Seriosuly Pursuing Writing: The Author of Greywalker & Poltergeist Talks Inspiration

By: Lynne Jamneck

Three Steps to Novel Writing: A Recipe for Writers: Baking Your Story

By: Susan Wingate

Rewrite Your Novel With Ease: A Three-Step Process To Simplify Rewriting

By: Joe Lam

Reserve Backstory in Fiction: Writers Can Learn from Good Television Scripts and Complex Novels

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

6 Reasons Books Get Rejected: Reasons Editors Turn Down Books that have Nothing to do with Talent

By: Vickie Britton

Complex Scope of Writing a Novel: Motivation, Intimidation and the Dreaded Writer’s Block

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

Write What You Know: Authors Use Their Life Experience to Write Best-Selling Novels

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

Writers,Creativity and Depression: After the Manuscript is Finished: How to Cure the Post-Novel Blues

By: Vickie Britton

How to Write Conflict: Understanding the Most Important Part of Writing Fiction

By: Elizabeth Richards

Plot, Theme, Character, Voice: Editor Arthur Levine’s Requirements of Good Fiction

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

What it Takes to Publish a Novel: Good Grammar, Talent, Determination Equal Great Writing

By: Adair Jones

Scheduling Time to Write: How You Can Make Time in Your Busy Life for Writing

By: Donna Lea Simpson

Write a Novel Using an Outline: A Helpful Guide to Create Your Story

By: Joe Lam

Creating a Sense of Place: Setting the Scene in your Novel

By: Vickie Britton

No Writer Escapes Rejection: The Lighter Side of Being Told No Way

By: Feature Writer KC Morgan

Writing in First Person: Point of View: Pros and Cons of Narrating in First Person

By: Vickie Britton

Dividing a Novel into Chapters: Tips on Developing Chapters in a Fiction Manuscript

By: Vickie Britton

NaNoWriMo: Annual Writing Event: National Novel Writing Month: Contest for Aspiring Novel Writers

By: Paul Combs

National Novel Writing Month: Chris Baty’s November Writing Blitz Pushes Creativity to the Max

By: Feature Writer Victoria Anisman-Reiner

Writing Dialogue: Avoiding Cliches and Traditional Pitfalls

By: Ken Brosky

Is Overnight Success Possible? Instantly Making it as a Novelist

By: Feature Writer KC Morgan

Great First Lines of Novels: Problems and Questions Make Compelling Openings

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

Write Compelling Opening Lines: Grab Readers' Attention with Character, Setting and Mood

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Jensen

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