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The other night, a novel writing student was nonplussed to reveal that the name of one of his characters, meaningful to the writer, was now also the name of a major fast food chain. “My cousin was named that,” Writer lamented. “But now it sounds silly.”Writing Tip for Today: When you name your characters, what […]
For first-time novelists, writing the synopsis/query/cover letter is often scary and laborious. Kind of like Cinderella’s Prince trying to shove the glass slipper onto one of the stepsister’s enormous feet. All of our creativity, loving-care and effort must be shoehorned into two-pages or less. Ouch! We all complain about how dull, time-consuming and plodding these […]