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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Truth in Story for Memoir or Fiction #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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Life is messy. Very messy. Things don’t make sense. Sometimes we can’t figure out why someone does something. As humans, we want reasons for...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Imposter Syndrome in Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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Imposter Syndrome. Is it real or not? I’d love to hear your take on this topic. However, for this #AuthorToolboxBlogHop post, I’d like to fo...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Let the Story Unfold #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            Writers should not unload all the information about their characters in one place in their stories. Readers do not want to see...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Tell Me a Story: The Voice of Narrators in Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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When writing gurus talk about voice in a story, they are referring to the narrator’s voice, the protagonist’s voice, the person telling th...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

How to Get the Reader to Care About Your Protagonist #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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Getting the reader to care about your protagonist is important to the success of your novel or memoir. Yes, the action of the story is im...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Developmental Editors and Beta Readers—the Need for Both #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            Revising a manuscript can be a nightmare, or it can be a calm reevaluation of your story.             I know, I know. To c...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The Importance of Comp Titles for Fiction and Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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Finding comp titles for the novels or memoirs you are creating is important for a few reasons. First, seeking similar titles helps the wri...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Loglines and Taglines for Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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First, I’d like to wish you all health and success in 2020. Happy New Year, Everyone! As I continue to crawl forward in revision on my col...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Boiling the Story Down for a Synopsis #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            I’ve been trying to condense my college memoir story into two double-spaced pages for a synopsis. Not an easy thing to do, as ...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Universal Themes in Memoir or Fiction #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            Universal themes in story can start out as statements. Love conquers all. Order leads to harmony. Heroes are always right. Loy...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Characters Look for Acceptance #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            Just as real people want to be accepted by others, either into various communities or accepted by one special person, so too d...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Endowing Your Characters with Traits to Solve Story Tension #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

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            The characters you create need to be given certain knowledge or abilities in order to solve the story tension. Whether characte...
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