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Author: Shaquanda Dalton

February 21, 2023

Top 6 Ways to Make Your Characters Believable

You don’t want to write a story and have your characters walking around like a thin slice of cardboard, do you? Here are my…

February 17, 2023

You Don’t Need an English Degree To Be A Writer

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Spring 2015 and while I was in college I wrote and published 5 books . But…

February 17, 2023

5 Quick Tips For Creative Fiction Ideas For Your Book

I know sometimes creative ideas comes naturally but for most of us sometimes we have to really think about a new idea. So here…

February 16, 2023

What POV is Right For YOUR Novel?

Choosing a point of view for your novel is one of the most important decisions that you will make for your story. Why? Because…

February 9, 2023

Talent Alone Won’t Make You Successful

If you’re new to writing or have written for years professionally, it’s always good to remember that talent alone won’t make you successful. Yes,…

February 9, 2023

Are You A Long Term Writer Or A Short Term Writer?

I’ve known I wanted to be a writer since the age of nine after I wrote my first short story Little Miss Meane (of…

February 7, 2023

Why You Should Write What You Love But Make It Good

I think we have all fallen for the trap of wanting to write what’s popular or what would give us the most attention or…

February 7, 2023

Staying Productive When You Want To Sleep

This morning I woke up at my usual 6:50am with a hard dilemma. I wanted to reach my writing goal 1,000 words for my…

February 7, 2023

Overcoming Your Self-Doubt So You Can Finally Write Your Novel

Let’s face it. We’ve all had our share of self-doubts when it comes to doing something we’ve never done before. Especially when it comes…

January 24, 2023

How To Capture Your Readers Attention With Chapter One

In today’s post I want to talk about capturing your reader’s attention so they will want to read the rest of your book without…

January 24, 2023

How Your Characters See themselves vs How Others See Them

You have a spunky, smart attitude, adolescence character who thinks he knows everything under the sun but his parents see him as a lonely…

January 24, 2023

Find Your Character’s Voice

As a writer/narrator you have your own personal voice but mastering your character’s voice is something that may take a little experimenting. Why is…

January 24, 2023

How to Describe A Character

What do I mean by how to do you describe a character? So you already have an idea of how your character looks like…

January 24, 2023

Why Proper Novel Research is Key

Writing a novel is hard. A lot harder than it looks to the outside world of people who’ve never tried to write. There’s plotting,…

January 24, 2023

3 Things I did to Become an Amazon Best Seller

I think every writer has thought about being a best seller, whether it’s New York Times (I’m not there, yet, myself), Amazon, top of…

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