Eldred Bird not only shares the definition of Chekhov’s Gun, he shows you how to use it to edit your novel. #editingtools #mysterywriters

Eldred Bird not only shares the definition of Chekhov’s Gun, he shows you how to use it to edit your novel. #editingtools #mysterywriters
The world is made up of people of diverse backgrounds. Megan Ganesh shares ways writers can include these unrepresented people in fiction and why we should.
One of the common mistakes I see writers make with websites is to pull their punches. You have a unique take on life and story and not everyone will like you.
Lori Freeland gives us pointers on pauses, sentence clarification, places, people, dates, words at the end of a sentence, and dialogue in part 4 of her series.
Lynette M. Burrows demonstrates how you can create compelling scenes the MRU, a tool from Dwight V. Swain's Techniques of a Selling Writer.
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