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A Common Mistake To Avoid When Submitting A Manuscript Is To Beware The Rogue Agent Many aspiring authors rush into the process of finding an agent and overlook a common pitfall – the rogue agent Agents work hard for their money – or at least good ones do One Solution To Beating Writer’s Block There are many tricks and tips to help writers either beat the block or to ensure that they keep in the groove One of the tools that I use and I borrowed it from my day job – is music An Alternative Solution For Anyone Who Wants To Write A Novel The phrase is well worn, ‘Everyone has one book in them’ Countless New Year resolutions fail because aspiring novelists fail to put pen to paper and too many conversations that start, “How’s that book you’ve been planning to write,” end in, “I haven’t got round to it yet The Solution To Coming Up With A Unique Plot Is To Understand What That Actually Means At the risk of spoiling the joke, I’ll start with the punch line – there is no such thing as a unique plot There, that’s got it out in the open Six Point Of View Mistakes To Avoid When Writing Your Novel Writing offers an opportunity to do something that filmmakers and artists can’t You can allow your reader to get into the head of your characters One Problem That New Writers Face, Is Knowing Which Book To Write Many writers will tell you that they are great at research They can spend up to six months prior to putting pen to paper – yet few actually bother to study the market they’re writing for One Mistake To Avoid In Setting The Scene In Your Novel, Is To Overlook The Weather The weather is so much more than how wet you’re getting It’s amazing how many writers overlook the weather as a useful tool in both setting and also in telling the story One Solution To Writing Better Dialogue Is To Focus On What’s Not Said Depending on which expert you believe, up to 95% of communication is non-verbal So if just five per cent represents the words, why do so many writers rely on this single aspect to convey what their characters are ‘saying A Common Mistake In Editing Is Only Thinking About What You Take Out The best advice you’ll get about editing is that you need to reduce the word count Eliminating unnecessary dialogue or description is vital in keeping your novel punchy and maintaining the reader’s interest One Tip To Help You Come Up With Ideas For Novels Is To Widen Your Horizons When you’re considering writing a new story, just where do you get your ideas from I have met many published authors and read interviews with countless more How To Create Believable Characters In Your Novel Actors - don’t you just love ‘em Well you should, as you can learn a lot as a writer from the people who are always asking, ‘What’s my motivation A Solution To The Problem Of Writing For Children Many aspiring writers decide the way to start their career is to write for children And they tend to have two very good reasons for deciding this: 1

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