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Sarah Painter

Write Your Novel – Make Your Dialogue Sing

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I love everything about dialogue. I love reading it, I love writing it, and I flat-out adore hearing beautifully-scripted dialogue in films and television. When I’m writing first draft material, I fill pages and pages with … [Read more...] about Write Your Novel – Make Your Dialogue Sing

Five Lovely Laptop Bags

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.The main selling point of a laptop or netbook is its portability, right? However, even the most well-designed machine is fairly delicate so you need something practical and protective to carry it about in. If it looks good, too, so … [Read more...] about Five Lovely Laptop Bags

Write Your Novel – How to Create a Collage for a Book

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I first heard about using collage as part of the novel-writing process from one of my favourite writers, Jennifer Crusie. The idea, very like the one behind making a soundtrack for your book, is to access your subconscious … [Read more...] about Write Your Novel – How to Create a Collage for a Book

Five Desk Tidies

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.I think I got my first desk tidy when I was still in primary school. It was one of those cheap plastic tubular ones, but I was already deeply entrenched in my stationery addiction so I adored it. It had a little space … [Read more...] about Five Desk Tidies

Five Pretty Notebooks

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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Like every writer I know I have an addiction to stationery and I cannot - simply cannot - resist the lure of a pretty notebook. It's more than their aesthetic loveliness, of course; it's the promise that they hold. … [Read more...] about Five Pretty Notebooks