Incorporating foreign words and phrases into your story can be a good way to showcase a way of life your readers may not be familiar with, whether the story features another country, culture, or a unique subset of society. It’s also a good way to lend some realism to a scene if the protagonist is […]
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How your characters interact and convey information can make or break a novel. If everyone sounds the same or doesn’t use believable dialogue, you run the risk of your reader losing interest, skimming over speech, or putting your book down completely. Believable dialogue is also a major part of creating believable characters, but sometimes it
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While it can be natural to feel that what you’re writing is so unique it defies labels, the reality is that you need to have a firm grasp on your book’s genre to know what you’re selling—whether it’s to agents, publishers, or readers. Read on to understand more about why classifying your work is so
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