A classic piece of writing advice is to hook the reader with the first sentence. While what makes a great sentence is so subjective that such advice is near impossible to achieve, it’s the sentiment that is sound. You want to grab the reader with your opening so that they’ll want to pick up and …
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Well, you did it. You took that spark of an idea, fleshed it out into an entire book, edited the last page for the last time, and finished one final read-through. The book is done. At least it should be. As proud as you were, there was a little voice in your head as you …
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Regardless of whether your story uses a world full of fantasy-filled adventures or one as mundane as our own, there’s an art to world-building. And it's an art that can be overwhelming for writers who’ve never created a world before, or ones attempting their biggest yet—such as a foray into a book series. But world-building …
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