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The Sentence: One Plotting Tool for All

There are tools that can help all writers, regardless of their preferred story development method. One plotting tool for all is the story sentence.

Published March 25, 2024
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged how to start your novel, how to write, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, Story Sentence, writing fiction

Writing How-to: Create Characters Your Readers Love and Hate

Want to know why readers put down your books? Lynette M. Burrows discusses six common character problems that make readers put books down and how to fix them.

Published February 15, 2023
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged how to create characters, how to write, Lynette M. Burrows, unputdownable fiction, writing fiction

Make Music with Character Voices

Lynette M. Burrows discusses how to hook your readers by making your story character voices like the instruments in an orchestra.

Published September 21, 2022
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged character development, character voice, creating characters, how to write, Lynette M. Burrows, writing fiction

How to Use Goals & Obstacles to Fascinate Your Readers

Are you stuck in the middle of your novel? You can solve or prevent most stuck-in-the-middle events. Use goals & obstacles to fascinate your readers.

Published November 9, 2020
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged conflict, get your plot unstuck, goals, how to write, obstacles

How to Write a Great First Line

The first line of a story has a major job—to catch the attention of the reader. The right reader. As a writer it is, arguably, the most important line we write. So how do we write a great first line? The Job of the First Line If the job of the first line of a… Continue reading How to Write a Great First Line

Published September 11, 2020
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged first lines, first sentences, how to write

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