How to Outline a Novel – Part II – The Story Idea

Last week, we’ve talked about finding your ideal reader. If you haven’t seen that article, you might want to check this before reading this one. Where do I begin? Writers often hear the question – Where do you get your story ideas? My answer is – I think of a character and a goal. That’s the easiest way to get a story idea and you should do that at the beginning of every story-writing process.

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3 Quick Cutting Tips in Writing

  Hemingway was the self-proclaimed champion of cutting, but many people will agree that it‘s not far from the truth. If you have read A Movable Feast or On Writing or Perhaps the Selected Letters, you might have found a lot of useful pieces of advice. For me, The most useful advice is on removing staff from your manuscript. However, he wasn‘t the only one cutting a lot. Many writers have a difficult time cutting

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