This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. 1. Try to write every day, or as often as you can. 2. Finish something, even if it hurts. 3. Write even when you’re not ‘feeling it’ because you can’t depend on a muse. 4. Read a lot in a lot of genres, because it can help … [Read more...] about Katharine Swartz’s Top 5 Writing Tips
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Virginia Macgregor’s Top 5 Writing Tips
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. 1. Be curious about the world and look at it closely. Everything (people, situations, settings, stories, encounters) is potential material for your book. Even when you’re not putting words on paper, your writer’s brain should … [Read more...] about Virginia Macgregor’s Top 5 Writing Tips
Dear Julie – Should I Use a Pen Name?
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Welcome to our writing advice column, where you'll find bestselling author Julie Cohen answering reader questions! Hit a roadblock or have a writing-related query? Drop them in the comments and keep your eyes peeled for Julie’s … [Read more...] about Dear Julie – Should I Use a Pen Name?
How to Build Suspense in a Mystery Novel
Mystery novels are by nature filled with suspense – the hero is met or presented with a puzzle (be it a lost artifact, or a murder) that he or she has to solve. The more the hero (and by extension, the reader) dwells into the mystery, the suspense grows naturally, both from the possible danger of the final conflict with the antagonist, and from the hero’s and the reader’s … [Read more...] about How to Build Suspense in a Mystery Novel
5 Tips for Writing Blockbuster Fight Scenes
Fight scenes, like action scenes, can be tricky to get right in a novel. You only have your own imagination to work with and, most often, knowledge of martial arts, guns or any other weapons your characters might be using. This means that you must visualize your fight scene first – down to the most miniscule detail before you sit down to write it. You don’t want your readers to … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing Blockbuster Fight Scenes