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  • All the Storylines You Could Ever Want with this Idea Generator (This is Not a Commercial!)
    The muse has done a bunk, the creative juices have withered on the vine and to cap it all the cat has just poo'd on your last packet of A4. You feel as if all your ideas have scurried off like lemmings looking for the nearest cliff. But all is not lost. For one thing if you bin the top five sheets the rest are probably OK. For another if you try the tactic below, you could end up saying 'Ha! Who needs a muse?'
  • Bring Emotion into Your Description to Grab Your Reader
    Description is what writers use to colour in the basic elements of a story. It gives the reader a mental picture which they can carry that with them as the tale unfolds. Adding an emotional element grabs the reader more forcefully and pulls them into the story.
  • Dialogue Versus Narrative. Which is Right For You?
    Do your readers loose consciousness ploughing through pages of narrative description? Or are they perplexed and bewildered because your snappy dialogue leaves them wondering just who is talking to who? It's time to get your narrative/dialogue balance right. Here's how.
  • Fill in Background by Using Flashbacks
    What is a 'flashback'? Think of a flash of light illuminating a scene from the past and you've got it.
  • Find Your Readers' Funny Bone and You're Set for Life
    More than ever before readers are crying out for something to lift them out of the tide of dire news and the pressures of modern life. To be able to bring a smile to peoples faces, or even make them laugh out loud, can prove to be a highly paid talent.
  • Get Shiploads of Eager Visitors With These Proven Tactics
    You've built your website and it's brimming with cool features and great content. All you need now is visitors to come along and enjoy it. And maybe buy a thing or two as well. But somehow they seem reluctant to cross your virtual threshold. What can you do?
  • How Dialogue Can Convey Your Characters' Personalities
    It's true to say that a character doesn't become a real person until he or she speaks. So what can we do to convey to our readers what type of person a particular character is just by the way they speak?
  • How to Create An Opening to Your Story That Will Keep Readers Agog
    Beginning your story in the right way is essential to keep the reader reading. Gone are the days of rambling descriptive text or several pages leisurely setting the background to a saga. Today's openings have to be snappy and engaging right from the word 'go'.
  • How to Find Exciting New Topics to Write About
    Now, seriously. What can be difficult about turning out an article of 500 to 1000 words? You enjoy writing, you've got a good head on your shoulders, and you have a grasp of loads of subjects that interest you personally. So what's the problem?
  • How to Generate Story Ideas Quickly and Easily
    You love short story writing but just at the moment the ideas won't come. Sound familiar? With these idea generators you'll never be left in the doldrums again. Get your next story out of your head and onto the paper in no time.
  • How to Get People to Click on Your Ads.
    Fed up with wasting money on ads that don't work? Here are some killer ways to turn things around and get writing ads that pull in the clicks, visitors and sales in droves.
  • How to Get to the End of Your Story Without Coming a Cropper
    Should you know exactly how your story ends before you start or leave it to chance? Different writers go about it in different ways. Find out what suits you best.
  • How to Give Your Articles That Vital Difference to Make Them Sell
    Magazine editors are always on the lookout for well written, but above all, different, one-of-a-kind articles. It's up to us writers to give them what they need.
  • How to Grow Credible Flesh and Blood Characters for Your Story
    Publishers reject more stories because the characters in them are made of cardboard, than they do because the story has a weak plot. Creating a living breathing hero and supporting cast is not difficult. You just need to apply these simple rules and tactics. A so-so plot can be saved if your characters become real and interesting to the reader.
  • How to Make Your Journal a Source of Great Ideas for Your Stories
    As a writer you may already keep a journal, or diary, and that's excellent. For those who don't as well as those who do I want to explore some of the exciting benefits of keeping one that you may not have realised.

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