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Tips For Book Endings

Tips For Book Endings

On November 29, 2019November 19, 2021 By K.M. Allan46 Comments

I recently read a book I was willing to say was the best book I'd read all year. It had everything I enjoyed in a story: great dialogue, good characters, tension, mystery, and a plot that built. It was such a page-turner that I couldn't put it down, racing through it in two days. Then …

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4 Ideas For Adding Suspense To Your Story

4 Ideas For Adding Suspense To Your Story

On November 1, 2019November 19, 2021 By K.M. Allan23 Comments

Sometimes the best plotting in the world and wonderfully written characters aren't enough to save a story so boring even readers who can't not finish a novel consider putting it down. That's what can happen when your book lacks suspense, and if you're afraid of this happening to you, here are some ideas that might …

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5 Writing Ideas To Transform A Boring Scene

On August 9, 2019November 19, 2021 By K.M. Allan23 Comments

They say if it's boring to write, it's boring to read. This little nugget of writing advice is one of the true ones. But when you're writing a scene that just isn't working and you need it to move the story along, that boring write is hard to turn into a non-boring read. Do you …

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YA writer and blogger. Author of The Blackbirch Series, The Beginning and The Dark Half (books 1 & 2) are out now! I'm also an identical twin, but not the evil one.

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