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    How to Write a Good Story
    How to Write a Good Story
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    This book is a collection of resources and random tips that will help you become a better writer and create stories worth reading.
        
        Since I've started the writing journey, and particularly started editing freelancers' works, I've discovered there are some basics, resources, and tips from professionals that will help all those striving to improve themselves, some of which I want to share with you in this book.
        
        Some of the content will be extracts from other professionals with advice and tips, and some of it will be from my own experience.
        
        Here's to us, the writers
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    Table of contentsLast updated Aug 11, 2016
    • Body Language (I)
    • Body Language (II)
    • Body Language (III)
    • Body Langauge (IIII)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (I)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (II)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (III)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (IIII)
    • Donna Ippolito
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (I)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (II)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (III)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (IIII)
    • Elizabeth Sims
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (I)
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (II)
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (III)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (I)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (II)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (III)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (IIII)
    • Interlude: Joy on writing a good story
    • Using the Reverse Dictionary
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (I)
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (II)
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (III)
    • Ernest Hemingway's app and advice (I)
    • Ernest Hemingway App and Advice (II)
    • Ernest Hemingway App and Advice (III)
    • Ellen Brock: Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (I)
    • Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (II)
    • Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (III)
    • Interlude: Fun stuff (I)
    • Interlude: Fun stuff (II)
    • Randy Ingermanson: the Snowflake Method (I)
    • the Snowflake Method (II)
    • the Snowflake Method (III)
    • the Snowflake Method (IIII)
    • Gayle Moran on Points of View in Writing
    • Points of View in Writing (II)
    • Naming your Characters
    • Interlude: Joy on Plotting and Characters (I)
    • Interlude: Joy on Plotting and Characters (II)
    • Writing From more than one Point of View
    • Writing from More than One Point of View (II)
    • Janice Hardy on Multiple Point of View Characters
    • Jody Hedlund: 7 POV Tips -Avoid being Branded as an Amateur
    • Words To Describe a Character's Voice
    • Fictional vs Real Settings for your Story
    • Janice Hardy: 10 Questions to Ask when Choosing a Setting (I)
    • 10 Questions to Ask when Choosing a Setting (II)
    • Randall S Hansen: Expanding Your Vocabulary (I)
    • Expanding Your Vocabulary (II)
    • Amanda Patterson: Guaranteed ways to bore your reader
    • Richard Nordquist: 200 Common Redundancies (I)
    • Common redundancies (II)
    • 200 Common Redundancies (III)
    • Eight Ways to Strengthen your Prose
    • Leo Babauta: 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
    • 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing (II)
    • Interlude: Joy on overcoming writer's block
    • ProofEditWrite.com: Avoid Clichés
    • Avoid Clichés (II)
    • Words to Describe a Room
    • David Mesick: Three Things that will Make your Characters Deeper
    • SaidSimple: When To Start A New Paragraph
    • Rachelle Gardner: How to cut Thousands of Words without Shedding a Tear
    • Passed or Past? (grammarmonster.com)
    • Bare vs. Bear
    • Chuck Wendig: 25 Things a Great Character Needs
    • HOW TO PLOT A STORY
    • ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
    • Grammar Girl & Grammar Party: until, 'til, till, til
    • Gilliane Berry: The Ten Worst Ways to End a Book
    • Gary Korisko: How to Write With Confidence
    • silverpen.org: Grand List of Fantasy Clichés
    • Chuck Wendig: said or fancy-pants words
    • When Should We CaPiTaLizE?
    • Rob Hart: Plot Clichés
    • Strange Horizons: Stories we've seen too often (I)
    • Strange Horizons: Stories we've seen too often (II)
    • Strange Horizons: Horror stories we've seen too often
    • PunctuationMadeSimple.com
    • Punctuationmadesimple.com: The Apostrophe

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    • Body Language (I)
    • Body Language (II)
    • Body Language (III)
    • Body Langauge (IIII)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (I)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (II)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (III)
    • Advice from Cliff Pickover (IIII)
    • Donna Ippolito
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (I)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (II)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (III)
    • Dialogue: The Music of Speech (IIII)
    • Elizabeth Sims
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (I)
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (II)
    • 7 Ways to Make a Good Story Great (III)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (I)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (II)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (III)
    • Fixing Common Plot Problems (IIII)
    • Interlude: Joy on writing a good story
    • Using the Reverse Dictionary
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (I)
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (II)
    • 'Ly' Adverbs (III)
    • Ernest Hemingway's app and advice (I)
    • Ernest Hemingway App and Advice (II)
    • Ernest Hemingway App and Advice (III)
    • Ellen Brock: Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (I)
    • Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (II)
    • Omniscient Narrator & Third Person Voice (III)
    • Interlude: Fun stuff (I)
    • Interlude: Fun stuff (II)
    • Randy Ingermanson: the Snowflake Method (I)
    • the Snowflake Method (II)
    • the Snowflake Method (III)
    • the Snowflake Method (IIII)
    • Gayle Moran on Points of View in Writing
    • Points of View in Writing (II)
    • Naming your Characters
    • Interlude: Joy on Plotting and Characters (I)
    • Interlude: Joy on Plotting and Characters (II)
    • Writing From more than one Point of View
    • Writing from More than One Point of View (II)
    • Janice Hardy on Multiple Point of View Characters
    • Jody Hedlund: 7 POV Tips -Avoid being Branded as an Amateur
    • Words To Describe a Character's Voice
    • Fictional vs Real Settings for your Story
    • Janice Hardy: 10 Questions to Ask when Choosing a Setting (I)
    • 10 Questions to Ask when Choosing a Setting (II)
    • Randall S Hansen: Expanding Your Vocabulary (I)
    • Expanding Your Vocabulary (II)
    • Amanda Patterson: Guaranteed ways to bore your reader
    • Richard Nordquist: 200 Common Redundancies (I)
    • Common redundancies (II)
    • 200 Common Redundancies (III)
    • Eight Ways to Strengthen your Prose
    • Leo Babauta: 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing
    • 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing (II)
    • Interlude: Joy on overcoming writer's block
    • ProofEditWrite.com: Avoid Clichés
    • Avoid Clichés (II)
    • Words to Describe a Room
    • David Mesick: Three Things that will Make your Characters Deeper
    • SaidSimple: When To Start A New Paragraph
    • Rachelle Gardner: How to cut Thousands of Words without Shedding a Tear
    • Passed or Past? (grammarmonster.com)
    • Bare vs. Bear
    • Chuck Wendig: 25 Things a Great Character Needs
    • HOW TO PLOT A STORY
    • ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
    • Grammar Girl & Grammar Party: until, 'til, till, til
    • Gilliane Berry: The Ten Worst Ways to End a Book
    • Gary Korisko: How to Write With Confidence
    • silverpen.org: Grand List of Fantasy Clichés
    • Chuck Wendig: said or fancy-pants words
    • When Should We CaPiTaLizE?
    • Rob Hart: Plot Clichés
    • Strange Horizons: Stories we've seen too often (I)
    • Strange Horizons: Stories we've seen too often (II)
    • Strange Horizons: Horror stories we've seen too often
    • PunctuationMadeSimple.com
    • Punctuationmadesimple.com: The Apostrophe
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