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The Gingerbread Man’s Top 5 Writing Tips
Happy Holidays Just got an e-newsletter from the North Pole and Santa passed along these writing tips from the Gingerbread Man, posted for the young-at-heart who are writing novels this year. As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter and Holiday Writing Tips series posts as a free pdf: Download Winter…
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The 13-Year Picture Book: Anne Broyles
guest post by Anne Broyles Anne attended a novel revision retreat a couple years ago. Switching from novels to picture books, she applied all the principles of great writing and the result is an amazing story. Here, she talks about her revision process. –Darcy Arturo and the Navidad Birds With the publication of my third…
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Top 5 Writing Tips the Grinch Stole
Grinch Tips on Character Stop that! You’re too nice to your characters. The Grinch is despicable and you know it. Did you create nice, wonderful characters? Too bad for you! No one will read it. Take a page from Dr. Seuss. Be nasty when you create characters. Try different physical descriptions, motivations, typical ways of…
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7 Writing Tips from the 3 Kings
Wise Men Give Writing Tips For the last few years, Fiction Notes has offered writing tips from famous holiday or winter characters. In keeping with that tradition, we offer this year 7 writing tips from the 3 Kings. Happy Holidays! As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter and Holiday Writing…
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Frosty’s Top 6 Writing Tips
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Take a Break
Time Away from a Novel Can Give you Perspective One of the most important things I do to improve my novel is to take a break sometimes. That’s what I’m doing this weekend. I’m attending a quilting workshop and playing with color instead of with words. Our teacher for the weekend is Mary Lou Weideman.…