writing a great novel | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:05:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg writing a great novel | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 5 Red Flags Your Novel Might Be Too Much Work to Read https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/04/5-red-flags-your-novel-might-be-too-much-work-to-read/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/04/5-red-flags-your-novel-might-be-too-much-work-to-read/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=54668 Some choices authors make may make reading your book too much of a chore for some readers. Learn 5 things that can make your novel "too much work" to read.

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The post The Importance of the Triple Edit first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/07/the-triple-edit/feed/ 39 The True Roles of Protagonists and Antagonists In Your Story https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/10/true-roles-of-protagonists-and-antagonists/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/10/true-roles-of-protagonists-and-antagonists/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:02:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=21523 Les Edgerton This week at WITS we are on a roll with the key characters in your story. Monday was 10 Tips for a Strong Protagonist from Shannon Donnelly. Today is a fantastic in-depth post from Les Edgerton. His last article for us was about how character's actions determine both their character and their character […]

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