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Quick fix: Long-term vs. longterm vs. long term Here’s a set of words that have been an ongoing problem among writers.Long-term with a hyphen, as in long-term disability, is the correct form.The confusion probably comes from the fact that a simi…

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Five Great Quotations about What is a Writer “A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with …

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A finished draft beats a perfect draft Beginning writers often start but never finish their writing. They may decide the direction the piece is heading is not the way they want to go. Or they may come up with a story idea that they…

A finished draft beats a perfect draft
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Basic steps to follow in mainstream publishing If going the mainstream publishing route, there are some very general steps that most writers traditionally follow.First, make sure your novel is in manuscript form. Each place you submit your…

Basic steps to follow in mainstream publishing
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Everyone’s vs. everyones’ vs. everyones Sometimes singular and plural pronouns and apostrophes can leave you feeling like you’re swimming in a turbulent ocean. Such is the case with everyone’s vs. everyones’ vs. everyones.To begin, we sh…

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Four Writing Prompts: Deceit Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when lies are told and identities disguised. Here are four writing…

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Your Story’s Main Character Must Fail Typically a story is about a single character who overcomes some problem. This player in your story is called the main character. Common examples are Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” John in James Ba…

Your story's main character must fail
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4 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block • Don’t smother writing with your red penSometimes writers sabotage their own stories by ensuring every sentence is grammatically correct, as if they were turning it in to their middle school Engli…

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Writing inspiration: Read your favorite author Read a short story or chapter of a book by your favorite author. Make a list of at least five things that you like most about the author’s writing. Try to incorporate those techniques or style…

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5 Great Quotations about Story Endings “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” – Frank Herbert“You always get more respect when you don’t have a happy ending.” – Julia Quinn“The hard part abo…

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Eschew cliches like a toxic waste dump A quick way to strengthen your writing is to replace (or just avoid altogether) overused expressions and phrases. Such expressions and phrases are known as clichés. They include terms such as “avoi…

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7 Great Tips on Writing Your Nonfiction Book • How to structure your nonfiction book• Create a basic outline for your nonfiction book• Forewords, prefaces and introductions Before your actual book begins – particularly if writing nonfiction –…

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How to create page breaks in your ebook When creating an ebook that you’re self-publishing, you want it to appear as professional as possible. Appearance, of course, certainly is no substitute for content. Still, a good, reader-friendly …

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Avoid using weak pushbutton words in story Sometimes rather than finding a truly evocative term, writers get lazy and use pushbutton words. Pushbutton words attempt to evoke an emotional response from readers without appealing to their…

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What is an ‘inciting incident’ in a story? Q: I recently came across the term “inciting incident” in a book about fiction writing but no definition or example was given. What is the book talking about?A: A vital part of any story is the ope…

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Writing Affirmation: I write in the present Some would-be writers like to live in the future. They’re the kind who say, “Next year I will publish a novel” or “In five years I will have written a bestseller.” While having a vision and a plan …

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Writing Prompt: Try Something Risky Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Risk means being vulnerable…

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What are Examples of ‘Concrete Details’? Q: A beta reader for my manuscript wrote on it that I need more “concrete details.” What did she mean?Concrete details appeal to our five senses. All of us live in a world in which we constant…

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Write Then Publish Your Next Book The more books you write, the more you’ll sell. Generally speaking, don’t devote yourself solely to promoting a single book for months on end. Promote it a lot during the first few weeks after its …

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Left: Black-and-white 1860s portrait of Louisa May Alcott seated at a small table, wearing a dark Victorian dress with a high collar and ribbon tie. Her hair is pulled back and up neatly, and she gazes calmly to the side with a thoughtful expression. Right: Modern paperback cover of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Signet Classics edition). Four young women in colorful 19th-century dresses and shawls stand arm-in-arm on a grassy hill, seen from behind, with the title in elegant blue lettering and "LOUISA MAY ALCOTT" in white at the bottom.

American novelist and poet Louisa May Alcott died #OTD in 1888.

Alcott’s most enduring work is the novel 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 (first published in 2 parts in 1868 & 1869). Never out of print, it has sold millions of copies worldwide in 50+ languages. #booksky #fiction #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM