Stop Writing Half-Formed Characters By Learning THIS

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7 Ways to Avoid Writing a McStory

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I tried the Johari Window for Character Building

From Bookfox. If you don’t know the Johari Window, it was created by psychologists to help people with self-awareness and how they are perceived by others — and it’s very useful when creating characters. Take the Dialogue course I mentioned: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Dialogue Get ALL my writing courses with BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Writing…

Story Structures Ranked from Worst to Best

From Bookfox. Feel free to debate me on this ranking in the comments! But from my perspective, these are the least helpful and the most helpful story structures to use when writing a novel. Check out my novel course: Write Your Best Novel Get ALL my writing courses with BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Writing Courses Get your…

7 Tiers of Writing Setting – from Easy to Insane

From Bookfox. If you’re good at writing about where your novel takes place, it can make that setting feel as important as a character. Here are the seven tiers that you should climb to ensure you’re doing it well. Writing Techniques course: Writing Techniques to Transform Your Fiction Sentence Course: How to Write a Splendid…

8 Savage Editing Tips to Revolutionize Your Writing

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8 Secrets I Discovered After Reading 23 Craft Books in 30 Days

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9 Story Challenges Every Writer Must Learn to Overcome

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9 Steamy Scene Techniques that Separate Amateurs from Professionals

From Bookfox. Bookfox Publicity, which I mentioned in the video, where Lauren will help you get high-profile media coverage: Bookfox Publicity My video on spicy scene mistakes: Get ALL my writing courses with BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Writing Courses Hire me to give feedback on your book: Book Editing Danielle does a wonderful job copy editing: Copy…

9 Spicy Scene Mistakes that Readers Will Never Forgive

From Bookfox. My Video on good ways to write steamy scenes: And if you’re more of a fade-to-black writer, then maybe this video isn’t for you. For all other writers, this video helps you write the spicy scenes in your novel. Here is the line in Smilla’s Sense of Snow I didn’t want to mention…

9 Teenager Character MISTAKES that make readers roll their eyes

From Bookfox. This is the fifth video in my series on how to write certain categories of people and creatures. Previous videos have included men, women, children, and animals. Hope this teenage one helps you in the novel writing process! Get ALL my writing courses with BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Writing Courses Danielle is the best copy…

9 Mistakes Beginning Writers Make About THEME

From Bookfox. Oh, I bust out the big guns in this one. There are so, so, so many misconceptions about theme, and I do my very best to clear them up and set you all on the straight and narrow. Get ALL my writing courses with BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Writing Courses Danielle is the best copy…