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Tools To Develop Productive Novel Writing Habits, by April Henry
Do you ever find yourself polishing the same paragraph over and over, moving a clause here, changing a verb there and not ever actually adding any new words? Sometimes even experienced writers have...
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Crafting Your Novel’s Plot And Characters To Sustain Story Momentum...
I have no fear of the middle of the novel. I’m scared to death of the beginning and the end but the middle is a ledge I can regroup on, to take stock and re-energise. Writing as someone who has taught...
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Writing Novels About Teens For Teen Readers, by Bernard Beckett
When writing a piece of fiction, we try to do something more than achieve an external description of the world. We want to engage with it in a way that feels like a depiction from the inside. We’re...
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Endings And The Novel Writing Process, by Bernard Beckett
I recently read an interesting piece of research that suggests that the crucial thing when it comes to recalling and assessing an experience is the way it ends. So, for example, people asked to rate...
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10 Tips For Becoming A Good Novelist, by April Henry
1. Read, read, read. Try well-reviewed books in genres you wouldn’t normally read – fantasy, historical novels, even westerns. Don’t be afraid to put something aside if it’s not working for you – but...
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Sci Fi Novels For Teens, by Beth Revis
When I first finished Across the Universe, one of the first things I did was head to my local bookstore and ask for comp titles (titles that I could compare to my own). My bookstore had only a handful...
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Month In Review (June 2013)
Writing Teen Novels has reached the end of its sixth month of articles for 2013 from this year’s line-up of novelists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand....
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Pacing A Novel, by Lish McBride
Pacing is often the bane of my existence. My beginnings are never fast enough, my middles are squishy and my ends need to be slowed down. I’m three novels in and this has become a comforting pattern....
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Month In Review (July 2013)
Writing Teen Novels has reached the end of its seventh month of articles for 2013 from this year’s line-up of novelists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand....
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Who Buys (And Who Reads) Teen Novels, by Elizabeth Wein
The headline of an article published on September 13, 2012 in the Los Angeles Times announces, Most Young Adult Book Buyers Are Not Young Adults. My kneejerk reaction to this was, ‘WELL, DUH.’ When I...
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