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6 Tips on Developing Your Story’s Character

• Center on internal flaw for compelling story To make a story more compelling, consider structuring it around an internal flaw in the main character. An internal flaw is some personal trait that m…

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Three ebook formatting tips, part V

Ebooks follow different formatting rules than books printed on paper. That’s because a book made of ink on paper is a different platform for presenting information than a book made of digital bits …

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Don’t let characters chew the furniture

Among the biggest mistakes novice authors can make with their characters is having them over-emote their situations. When doing so, the writer is said to be making the craftsmanship error of “chewi…

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Sell more books by carrying them around

How many times has a conversation led to you saying that you’ve written a book?The other person usually responds with awe and asks what the book is about. Wouldn’t it be nice to hand them a co…

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Writing prompts – How to build a story from them

During the past several weeks, followers of this blog probably have noticed the posting of conflict-oriented writing prompts. That is, the prompt focuses a conflict from which a story can be b…

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January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM

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Five Great Quotations about Characters

“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!” – Anton Chekhov“…and then to give us the stories of men and …

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January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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