All Articles About Language

The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Up the Pace in Your Novel

• Sep 3, 2019
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• by Laura Ojeda Melchor
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• 29 min read

• Writing Skills
• Suspense
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Voice

The Name of the Prose, Part 2: Naming Places and Objects

• Jul 30, 2019
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• by Maya Bohnhoff
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• 8 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Settings
• Advanced

The Name of the Prose, Part 1: Naming Characters and Novels

• Jul 23, 2019
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• by Maya Bohnhoff
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Language
• Advanced

Nail Your Literary Voice with Powerful Word Choices

• May 7, 2019
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• by Kristen Falso-Capaldi
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Voice
• Advanced
• Exercises

Powerful Descriptive Writing: Make Your Fiction Crackle with Physicality

• Mar 5, 2019
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• by Laura Ojeda Melchor
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• 8 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Language
• Settings
• Advanced
• Featured

Story Opening Lines That Will Blow Your Readers Away

• Feb 15, 2019
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• by Alex Khlopenko
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Advanced
• Featured

Showing Character Emotions Using the Leaf Technique

• Dec 11, 2018
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• by Marisa D. Keller
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Language
• Voice
• Advanced
• Featured

Writing a Mystery: Do Your Research Right

• Nov 15, 2018
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Settings
• Genres
• Mystery
• Research

How to Start a Story that will Captivate Your Readers

• Oct 31, 2018
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• by Tal Valante
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• 6 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure
• Voice
• Basic
• Featured

Soap-Opera Writing (and How to Avoid It)

• Dec 26, 2017
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 7 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Plot & Structure

Creating Jargon for Speculative Fiction

• Oct 9, 2017
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• by Andrew Knighton
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• 4 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Settings
• Genres
• Fantasy
• Science Fiction

Write Brilliant Dialogue in Novels with Voice Models

• Jun 6, 2017
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• by Rachel Brooks
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• 4 min read

• Writing Skills
• Characters
• Dialog
• Language
• Advanced
• Research

Be a Bold Writer: Sentences

• Jan 31, 2017
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• by Victoria Grossack
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Self-Editing
• Language

Five Ways Fiction Needs Fact

• Jul 26, 2016
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• by Alex J Coyne
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• 5 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language
• Settings
• Research

How to Write Action Scenes that Explode Off the Page

• May 17, 2016
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• by Nick Brown
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• 4 min read

• Writing Skills
• Language