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writing advice from famous authors

Fiction Writing Advice from Famous Authors: 20 Pieces of Brilliant Insight

by Jocelyn

Editing, The Craft of Writing, Writer's Life

The world is full of people who want to give writing advice, but not everyone’s qualified. The only people who truly understand writers and the writing life are writers themselves. We’ve compiled twenty quotes from famous authors with some of the very best advice on living the writing life, the craft itself, and the only […]

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How to Narrative Conflict

How to Be Mean to Your Characters: Understanding Narrative Conflict

by Jocelyn

The Craft of Writing

It ain’t easy being mean. You’ve spent a lot of time developing a character your readers will care about, and you’ve grown fond of that character, too. But, in the name of good fiction, you’re going to have to make her suffer. That’s narrative conflict. Storytelling is about conflict. If your character isn’t struggling, you’re […]

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show, don't tell
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self-editing fiction

4 Writing Books That Will Make You Better at Self-Editing

by Jocelyn

Editing, Self Publishing, The Craft of Writing

Take a quick browse through a bookstore or Amazon’s virtual shelves and you’ll discover that there are hundreds of books about how to write fiction. But when you need to get serious about self-editing your manuscript, pickings are slim. Still, a few fantastic books stand out as tremendous guides to help fiction writers self-edit. Here’s […]

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Why (And How) Should You Organize Your Writing?

by Jocelyn

The Craft of Writing, Writer's Life

To the collective AutoCrit mind, organization is important. Essential, even. The public might imagine writers as messy creative types, perched behind desks that overflow with coffee-stained pages, tattered sticky notes, and half-empty Starbucks containers. While there may, admittedly, be some truth in there, the fact remains that some organization is a must for a happy […]

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