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Gain Inspiration from These Three Writing Prompts
Growing as a writer takes discipline and a willingness to make small sacrifices to chase after your dreams with fervent effort. While you may be wringing your hands in anxiety reading this, we promise it’s not that serious! Because we want to keep…
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Scare up a Good Read with these Three Tips
Even though Halloween is five months away, there’s nothing like a good horror story. Some of the best horror novels had us slowly flipping to the next page as we nervously read through the story with anxious anticipation. If you’re thinking…
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Imagery In Writing
Think of yourself as a photographer with your camera in hand, ready to take a picture and capture the moment. As an author, you’re aiming for the same goal, but with your words and creativity rather than a camera. Think of your story as a photo…
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Dorrance Writing Challenge: Random Writing
As a writer, you know a thing or two about the importance of organization when writing a book. Not only do you have to create an intriguing setting and develop interesting characters, you also have to incorporate plot twists and, in the end, have it…
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Five Tips for Writing a Children’s Book
The books that we read as children have many memories attached to them. From the pictures to the lessons infused in the words, when we see the books that we loved as kids, a flood of nostalgia overtakes us. If you want to stir that emotion in…
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Three Biography Writing Tips
There are certain people and situations that take place in history that evoke emotions within us and leave a lasting impression in our lives. Sometimes, we become so interested in these people that want to learn as much as we possibly can about…
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What Is a Prologue?
Sometimes when we’re writing, we have so many ideas swirling around our head that when it comes time to fit those ideas into the overall plot of our story, it feels a little disjointed. If an idea feels like it can help advance the storyline, but…
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How to Use the Signpost Method
We all approach writing differently. Some writers are able to sit down and crank out pages upon pages of copy, while others take their time and methodically work through their content. No matter what type of writer you are, sometimes we all need a…
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Stephen King’s Tips for Writing
At Dorrance Publishing, we want our blog to be a resource center for our authors, providing helpful information on how to market your book, new techniques to try during the writing process and valuable advice on how to continue to grow as an author….
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Three NaNoWriMo Tips to Boost Your Writing Skills
We’re in the midst of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and to help keep you motivated to reach your goal of writing a novel by 11:59 p.m. on November 30, we’re offering some helpful tips to boost your writing skills. Perhaps one of the…
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