Dialogue got you down? Here are three of the biggest dialogue pet peeves and ways to fix it so your characters can stay chatty.
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Sarah Morris is a co-owner and the President of Production and Operations at Three Houses Press.
Monday Motivational
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. you need to start somewhere.”
Anne Lamott
Monday Motivational
This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It’s that easy, and that hard.
Neil Gaiman
Monday Motivational
Rejection taught me to keep going and try something new. Publishing is all about persevering and trying new things when the old ones fail.
Kristen Callihan
Sunday Story Prompt
“Do you think these leftovers are safe to eat?” // “Idk… I’ve never seen food turn that color before.”
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The Science of the First Edit
You have the first draft of your novel, but now what? The process of editing can be daunting, but we have mapped out the essential first steps.
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Get up, get up, there are worlds to conquer.
Victoria “V.E.” Schwab
Sunday Story Prompt
That fancy gaming system you’ve been saving up for is finally affordable on Black Friday. You get there just in time to grab the last one. Only, someone else grabs it at the same time, someone you happen to know.
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If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day…you don’t go to a well once but daily.
Walter Mosley
Story Prompt… Sunday*
Against your better judgement, you have decided to celebrate Thanksgiving with your family for the first time in years. In that tiny town you never thought would change, you find that nothing is as you remembered it. * Saturday was apparently too complicated this week.
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