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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 3h

"How to Take Criticism" by Jeanne Kisacky via WriterUnboxed #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips writerunboxed.com/2025/07/31/h...

How to Take Criticism

Writing fiction is an intensely personal process. The characters are literally in the writer’s head; nowhere else. Writers are often too close to the work to see the flaws; and they have read the p…

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 3h

REMEDY (+): better, fix, pace, redress, revise (≠ compromise, injure, taint) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

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“Storyville: The Big Reveal—Adding Up to Ten” by Richard G. Thomas via LitReactor #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips litreactor.com/columns/stor...

Storyville: The Big Reveal—Adding Up to Ten

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Mia Garay @miagaray.bsky.social · 7d

A quick yes or no won’t fix your draft.

But a thoughtful answer might.

Make sure you are asking the right questions.

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Worldbuilding Questions That Get Better Feedback

And make your beta reader want to answer them

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 1d

“Creating Suspense in any Genre” by Michelle Barker via Writers Helping Writers #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/crea...

Creating Suspense in any Genre

Suspense belongs in every genre. Make your reader care about what happens to the protagonist—then give them things to worry about.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 1d

CURSE (/): bedevil, condemn, fault, plague, smite (≠ bless, expiate, hallow) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

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Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social · 4d

Finding Your Readers

It's totally up to you to position yourself in front of your potential readers.

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Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · 4d

Writer's dreams fuel their novels. When you feel overwhelmed, schedule yourself out some think time to just think about your story, plan your story, without the having to be #writing it part. #AmWriting Just let the story sink into you, then describe it. - Wrtr #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes ... including you. - Anne Lamott ~ Background shows the fall trees in different colors on the shore of a lake.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 2d

"The Problem With Heist Novels" by Oren Ashkenazi via @mythcreants #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips mythcreants.com/blog/the-pro...

The Problem With Heist Novels

When stealing a plot from a different medium, start with the perfect plan.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 2d

SHOCK (→): baffle, disturb, invigorate, scandalize, unsettle (≠ comfort, embolden, placate) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 5d

You're not afraid of failing, you're afraid of being seen failing.

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a cat looking out a window with the words me and life goals written on it

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 5d

“Directionality in Fiction: Why You Need it & How to Create it” by September C. Fawkes #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips mvnt.us/m1421082

Directionality in Fiction: Why You Need it & How to Create it

Every successful story has a sense of direction. The audience wants, and even needs, an idea of where the story is going.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 5d

JUMBLE (/): clutter, disorder, mislabel, ruffle, trouble (≠ clean, order, tidy) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 6d

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6 Great Tricks for Beating Writer’s Block

• Describe any object• Make up a situation• Random words• Describe any object• Try a new genre• Create an out-of-whack event• BONUS: “Write toward vulnerability. …

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EliasJMcClellan @eliasjmcclellan.bsky.social · 6d

#writerslife writers occupational hazards...

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Elizabeth Spann Craig @elizabethspanncraig.com · 6d

How to Copyright a Book in 4 Simple Steps [Lawyer-Approved]: kindlepreneur.com/how-to-copyr... by Dave Chesson #wkb8b

How to Copyright a Book in 4 Simple Steps [Lawyer-Approved]

Learn how to copyright a book step by step, and why registration matters more than ever in the age of AI and landmark settlements.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 6d

"The Greatest Fictional World Builders: Frank Herbert" by Christopher Luke Dean for WritersWrite #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips www.writerswrite.co.za/the-greatest...

The Greatest Fictional World Builders: Frank Herbert

This is the sixth post in the greatest fictional world builders and how they teach you to write series. This world builder is Frank Herbert.

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 6d

TEST (←): calibrate, determine, measure, sample, verify (≠ blow, estimate, learn) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

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Paula Munier @paulamunier.bsky.social · 7d

Top #WritingTips courtesy of @careerauthors.com #booksky
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The Only Writing Advice You Need! • Career Authors

by Brian Andrews Writing a great novel is difficult. Very difficult. So difficult, in fact, that only a small fraction of novels published each year are compelling enough to shoot to the top of the ch...

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 9d

#writerssupportingwriters #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity

Conflict: The heart of every story

When telling a story, you’ve got to have conflict in it. If there’s no conflict, you have a wooden story that starts nowhere, leads nowhere and ends nowhere. As E.M. Forester noted, “‘The…

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 7d

"Could vs. Should and the Price of Your Dreams" by Holly Lisle #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips hollylisle.com/could-vs-sho...

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 7d

"Word Repetition: How to Make Your Writing Resonate Like Good Music" by Henneke Duistermaat #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips www.enchantingmarketing.com/word-repetit...

This Misunderstood Technique Makes Your Words Resonate

Word repetition adds a beat to your writing, reinforces your message and can make your writing more memorable. Here's how ...

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Verbalize.bsky.social @verbalize.bsky.social · 7d

EXPOSE (+): confess, -deny, humble, prove, undermine (≠ buttress, ensconce, secrete) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

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Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · 8d

“Sometimes, as an author, you are the captain of the ship, and you write the characters. Other times, depending on the story, the characters show up and write themselves.” - Wrtr #AmWriting #Author #Writing #Writer ~ #BookSky #AuthorSky

The function of the first draft is to help you figure out your story. The function of every draft after that is to figure out the most dramatic way to tell the story. -Darcy Pattison - Writing. ~ In the background photo, a coffee mug and a writing pad sit patiently on a shiny wooden desk, just waiting for a story to be written.

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Matthew Nation, Author @matthewnation.bsky.social · 7d

Hmmm... I'm in this meme and I don't like it! Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣 #writing #facts #authorlife

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