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In the best books, we really get to know the characters. We see ourselves in these fictional beings. We see our own hopes, dreams, sorrows and struggles. Identifying with characters is often the difference between a good book and a great book. Do you contemplate? Do you contemplate write and wrong? Do you dwell on […]

Have you ever saved your document only to realize that you have accidentally deleted a section of you novel? Or maybe you changed something and now regret the change and you want to go back? Well version control systems are for “techies” (yes, I am a techie but most authors are not) and so most […]

During a writer’s conference, I was talking to Isaac Stewart, an assistant of Brandon Sanderson (blatant name drop), about Discovery Writing versus Outlining. Discovery Writing Discovery writing is starting to write your novel with often nothing more than a single idea. This is like being in a completely dark area, and you are going to […]