Hi all, Craig here, and it’s my turn to assemble the Curated Content this week. Your Story Empire authors have rounded-up the best articles we could find for you, and they’re all in the pen waiting to be read.
Don’t forget to check out my own Self Publishing Checklist, and PH Solomon’s Typing Faster Using Scrivener.
When you’re finished, here are the little doggies for this week:
- US vs UK (an extensive infographic on word choices that is both fun and informative)
- Three Quick and Easy Steps that Will Make Your Novel Better (a great post from The Kill Zone)
- Self-Editing: An Author’s Nightmare (steps and a checklist to help you through)
- Writing Lesson Section 2, Part 3 (David Kummer of Mystery Thriller Week addresses writing the climax of your book)
- 9 Reasons a Book Was Rejected for a BookBub Featured deal (some of these might surprise you)
- Do’s and Don’ts of Dialogue Tags (attributions in fiction)
- Cutting Down Word Count (editing fiction)
- Weapons in Fantasy (six valuable tips for making them realistic)
- Supercharge Your Writing (a cinematic technique)
- Using Snapchat for Promo (five tips to reach millennials)
- Five Senses in Fiction, Part 2 (smell, touch, and taste)
- Subject/Verb Agreement Rules (grammar tips)
- Essential Elements of an Author Website (eight plus a bonus)
- Respect Your Villain (ten questions to ask yourself plus five tips)
- Settings (using real world locations in fiction)
- Scenes (what they must do and where to start and stop them)
- Designing Your Promo Materials (a dozen tips for good design)
- Invisible Pins (what they are, how to do them, and why you’d want to)
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A great list of helpful posts, Craig. Thanks for sharing.
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Another awesome list–thanks, Craig! Off to check out a couple of these 😀
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Thanks, and enjoy.
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It’s been another crazy busy week at my day job (and will probably be like that for the next month or so). Anyway, another great list!
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Some good links. Thanks to the Empire.
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Thanks, John.
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Another awesome post! Many thanks to you all. 🙂
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Glad you’re enjoying them.
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Reblogged this on Nesie's Place and commented:
Links for all the cool kids! 😉
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The links here are always useful, but there’s ALWAYS one or two I find that make me scream, “I NEED THIS!” in my mind. Or maybe it was out loud… could explain the look I got from my mister. 😉
Many thanks! 😉
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Ha, glad you’re enjoying them
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Another great list. I’m looking forward to being caught up so I can browse the links others found. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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I always like to see what shows up each Friday with everyone tossing in their links. It’s like opening a box of chocolates.
I must go indulge 🙂
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There is some fun stuff there this week.
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Thank you for the comprehensive list! You SE “parents”spoil us.
Yes the US UK difference can lead to major misunderstandings, sometimes if you don’t know where the speaker comes from. Think of “outskirts”.
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Glad you’re enjoying it. I need to surf through them myself in a while.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you.
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