Free #WritingResource Wednesday!
Hemingway App This one doesn't require a download, and will give editing advice.
https://hemingwayapp.com/
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"All is well" can be a great place to start or end a novel, but it's best avoided at every other stage.

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Use hard line breaks for scene transitions only when necessary, not to bridge short distances or gaps in time. Keep your reader in the scene.

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Beware coincidence that helps your protagonist along the path to their goal.

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"Reader information" is particularly glaring in dialog and it can ruin the genuineness of a conversation. Ultimately, it allows the reader to see the author behind the words.

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There is an art to dialog signposting, and subtlety is important; minimalism too has its appeal. However, over-reliance on minimalism and subtlety can also work against you.

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Actions are a great substitute for dialog tags. No need to double up!

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Free #WritingResource Wednesday!
Orbis. It helps estimate different travel times based on distance and transportation type.

https://orbis.stanford.edu/
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Reader immersion refers to how connected or immersed readers are in your story, characters, and setting. Immersion is broken by anything that pulls a reader out of the story.

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Omniscience is a perspective all of its own, so it's important not to mix omniscient insights into a close/limited third-person perspective. Many readers will snag on this, and it otherwise makes the voice uneven.

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Another fascinating read from Marcy Kennedy, who's brilliant, yet so often flies beneath the radar for most people. The post:

Does Talent Matter?

What she discovered, and what she shares, is worth reading.

*This is actually a preview of the email she sends me. You can also check Amazon for her writing guides author's page.

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https://preview.mailerlite.com/k6s9f9v5a6

Internal conflict is best demonstrated in the midst of external conflict.

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Free #WritingResource Wednesday!

Joplin. I haven't tried this one myself just yet, but it is an open-source encrypted alternative to Google Docs.

https://joplinapp.org/
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A multi-POV novel can be fantastic, but it needs to be purposeful--the story needs to call for it.

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Build demand in your readers' minds so they crave a character's backstory, and then deliver it a drip at a time within the context of a scene.

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In a close or limited third-person POV, the metaphors that appear in a narrator's exposition should reflect their personality, their history, their hobbies and interests.

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When narrative perspective isn't static, it's always important to establish POV within the first few sentences of a new section or chapter, to make it clear to the reader who the story is filtering through. This is your POV contract.

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In first and close/limited third person, anything described is necessarily what the POV character sees/hears/feels. You can almost always cut these verbs.

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Free #WritingResource Wednesday!
This one is a free writing program program called yWriter.

While it may not be overly fancy(especially in appearance) , it is a free alternative to much more expensive writing programs.

http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter8.html
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