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Practice summarizing your project in a single sentence. Helps your eventual pitch and helps you understand your story. #writingtip
— Jason Mott (@JasonMott) March 1, 2013
#WriteTip
itch dialog tags whenever possible.”I don’t know,” he stuttered.Better:”I … I don’t know.”
— Kathy DiSanto (@Kathy_DiSanto) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip: Avoid redundancy. Look for synonyms. “She had a very (an extremely) hard time with very (really) mean people.”
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) March 1, 2013
@faydra_deon I keep a crib sheet of character details, full name, birthday, eye colour etc. so I don’t forget. #writingtip
— Clair Louise Coult (@ClairCoult) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip Avoid double narration. Matt thought about chocolate when Jen spoke. “Jen, I think about chocolate when you speak,” Matt said.
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) March 1, 2013
@faydra_deon #writingtip The writings of today, are the history, the future will view. Write everying you can, as often as you can.
— B R Noles (@B_R_Noles) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip Become completely still for however long it takes for the characters and their actions to come to you.
— Joey Pinkney (@joeypinkney) March 1, 2013
Write up biographies for your characters. If you don’t know then intimately, your reader won’t know them at all. #writingtip
— Jason Mott (@JasonMott) March 2, 2013
#WritingTip When it comes to your first draft, don’t look back. Just get to THE END. There’s nothing there that you can’t go back and fix.
— Carrie Ann Lahain (@CLahain) March 2, 2013
#Writingtip-When writing make sure to get up every couple hours for at least thirty minutes and move around, it keeps you healthy and fit.
— Zequeatta Jaques (@ZequeattaJaques) March 2, 2013
Practice summarizing your project in a single sentence. Helps your eventual pitch and helps you understand your story. #writingtip
— Jason Mott (@JasonMott) March 1, 2013
#WriteTip
— Kathy DiSanto (@Kathy_DiSanto) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip: Avoid redundancy. Look for synonyms. “She had a very (an extremely) hard time with very (really) mean people.”
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) March 1, 2013
@faydra_deon I keep a crib sheet of character details, full name, birthday, eye colour etc. so I don’t forget. #writingtip
— Clair Louise Coult (@ClairCoult) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip Avoid double narration. Matt thought about chocolate when Jen spoke. “Jen, I think about chocolate when you speak,” Matt said.
— Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) March 1, 2013
@faydra_deon #writingtip The writings of today, are the history, the future will view. Write everying you can, as often as you can.
— B R Noles (@B_R_Noles) March 1, 2013
#WritingTip Become completely still for however long it takes for the characters and their actions to come to you.
— Joey Pinkney (@joeypinkney) March 1, 2013
Write up biographies for your characters. If you don’t know then intimately, your reader won’t know them at all. #writingtip
— Jason Mott (@JasonMott) March 2, 2013
#WritingTip When it comes to your first draft, don’t look back. Just get to THE END. There’s nothing there that you can’t go back and fix.
— Carrie Ann Lahain (@CLahain) March 2, 2013
#Writingtip-When writing make sure to get up every couple hours for at least thirty minutes and move around, it keeps you healthy and fit.
— Zequeatta Jaques (@ZequeattaJaques) March 2, 2013
If two characters are doing the same work, don’t be afraid to combine them. One rich character trumps two bland ones. #writingtip
— Jason Mott (@JasonMott) March 3, 2013
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Thanks so much for sharing your tip!