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Writing For Your Audience: Horror

By: dev-dorrance
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May. 14th, 2020

You’re running through the darkened halls of a long-since abandoned house. The unfamiliar walls are coated with the shredded remains of your friends’ internal organs and you’ll be next if… Writing For Your Audience: Horror

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Show Don’t Tell: Friendships

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Feb. 6th, 2020

If you’ve ever taken a writing workshop class in your lifetime, you’ve likely heard your instructor smugly say the phrase, “Show, don’t tell,” as a general criticism of your writing.… Show Don’t Tell: Friendships

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Writing for Your Audience: Young Adult

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Sep. 19th, 2019

When people think of the Young Adult genre, they typically think its audience is fairly self-explanatory. It’s right there in the title, right? Young Adult books are for… well… young… Writing for Your Audience: Young Adult

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Writing For Your Audience: Romance

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Jun. 20th, 2019

Love triangles, insta-love, friends to lovers, hate to love, the ‘fake relationship’, forbidden love, happily ever after… needless to say, the romance genre is not at a loss for literary… Writing For Your Audience: Romance

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How to Reach Out for Reviews

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Sep. 20th, 2018

When you want to buy something, what do you trust more: the ads or the reviews? The reviews, right? With modern-day technology available to consumers, reviews have become equally as… How to Reach Out for Reviews

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