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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Y.A Fiction
Every genre comes with a list of common mistakes that are easy to overlook when writing your young adult novel. Just because your novel is for a younger audience doesn't make it any easier to write. A young adult novel takes the same amount of time, dedication, and challenges that are seen in novels geared towards adults.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Breath into Her
They tell me to breath life into her, but that's what I'm afraid of. They say "Maybe you're not healing from the past, because you're trying to be who you once were, and that person is gone. There is a new, strong being, trying to be born. Breath life into her, and let her come forth."
By Josie Del Valle4 years ago in Journal
How To Plan Your Novel Using The Three-Act Structure. Top Story - June 2022.
Outlining your novel can be one of the most stressful parts of writing. Though it's not a necessary step in the writing process it can help you keep the details of your story in one place.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
How to Deal with Writing Criticism
Criticism is one of the hardest things a writer may have to face other than starting a blank page. However, criticism and advice are one of the things that an author needs to help them with their craft. We're sometimes too close to our stories to look at them objectively. We spend weeks, months, and sometimes years living with these stories and characters in our heads until they become a part of us or something akin to our children.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Young Adult vs New Adult: What's the difference?
However close these two genres may be, you don't want to make the mistake of submitting your new adult novel to a publisher that is looking for a young adult submission or the opposite… unless you're looking for an instant rejection.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Plagiarism and Copyright
An Introduction The image above is from Slideshare Here There has been a lot posted about plagiarism recently and it is quite right that it is brought to the forefront and action taken where it occurs. The thing is that it has made me feel like the world’s biggest plagiarist because of the nature of my writing and has made me feel like I should drop out of the various Facebook Vocal groups because I am an effective writing criminal, though I will not leave unless asked to go or am actually removed. So here are a couple of definitions that I will work within this article which hopefully doesn’t get reported for plagiarism itself
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
