《101 Writing Tips from an Exhausted Reviewer》|| PART II: Overall Writing Advice ||
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This part of our story will feature advice on actually writing your story. From blurbs to grammar, I'm here to help you out by going through common errors we see. Hopefully, this section will be slightly more informative (though, we will try to keep it entertaining), and we hope that this will help you hone your writing skills.
The chapters in this section, thus far, are:
Blurbs: How To Make Them Superb (Novels)
Blurbs: How To Make Them Superb (Poetry + Short Story)
Run-On Sentences: How To Make Them... Not Run?
Time-Travelling Through the Tenses
Country Road, Please Keep Me On The Road: Planning + Sticking To Your Plot!
Talk that Talk: Writing Good Dialogue
This Redundant Sentence is Redundant: Avoiding Redundancy In Your Writing!
The Greatest Battle of All: Showing vs Telling
Master Chef: Cooking up an "Interesting" Story
The Voice, Wattpad Edition: Finding Your Character Voice
Point of View: First Person, Second Person, Third Person, and That One Person Who Didn't Make the Love Triangle
Styles. Writing Styles. Not Harry Styles.
Additionally, if you would like me to go through a specific issue that you have - tenses, showing vs telling - let me know! You can comment anywhere on this book or shoot me a PM, and I'll take your request into consideration.
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