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1) Never give up! If you are feeling despondent because you have a bad case of writer’s block, or you’ve received another rejection letter, don’t give up. Move on to your next idea or project.
2) Make sure you end each chapter with a hook or page-turner to ensure the reader just has to read on. Make your book unputdownable.
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3) When you have written a chapter or short story, go back and re-read it to check that you have conveyed the emotion of the scene. Have you made your reader laugh (if it’s supposed to be humorous), or cry (if it’s supposed to be sad)?
4) Create the romantic hero you want to fall in love with! If you are in love with him, it will show in your writing and make your readers fall in love with him too.
5) Get the first draft of your story down then go back and edit it. I find that editing as I go tends to interrupt the flow of the writing.