seven tactical tools to use in your writing: action, dialogue, interior monologue, interior emotion, description, flashback, and narrative summary.
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Nobody ever got good at writing by talking about it.
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Most importantly, they keep writing
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Second, you want to get the darned thing published. Don’t hang your head and say, “I’ll be happy just to get it written.” Write to get published. Humility is a fine thing, but false humility can keep you from doing the one thing you really want to do.
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First of all, you want to write a really good novel, right? You aren’t in this game to write a piece of schlock. You have some talent, and you have a story, and you want to write it well.
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have five main tools that you can use for showing your story. In order of their importance to you, these are Action Dialogue Interior emotion Interior monologue Description
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Of all the books in print in any given year — about 1.2 million titles — only about 25,000 of them sell more than 5,000 copies during that year. Only a few hundred of those titles sell more than 100,000 copies.
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top-five-earning writers in the world earn about 60 percent of all the dollars earned by writers. This isn’t easy to verify, but our experience tells us it’s plausible.
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Take a short break. Regular breaks help you clear your mind and then get back to work with a renewed energy and focus. We suggest that you take a break every 60 to 90 minutes and that your breaks last no longer than about five minutes. This will help ensure that you don’t lose your precious writing momentum
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try a variety of times to see when you’re most energized, focused, and inspired.