Writing Tips Archives • Frank Morin

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Keeping Secrets

Keeping Secrets

Withholding information just to mess with your readers doesn’t work. If the character would know something, the reader should know it, particularly if you write in first person or deep-dive […]

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Don’t Break Your Promises

This month in Fictorians, we’re discussing things we love and things we hate about stories.  What works and what doesn’t?  Check out the excellent posts. As authors, we make lots […]

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Life vs Story

This month in Fictorians, we’re discussing Stranger than Fiction.  Check out all the great stories people are sharing that would never work in a story because they would break readers’ […]

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Enjoy the Journey

This month in the Fictorians, we are offering the advice to ourselves that we would share if we could go back in time and visit ourselves as new writers just […]

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Get Out of Your Own Head

This month in the Fictorians, we are sharing the advice we would give ourselves if we could go back in time and talk with ourselves as new writers.  This post […]

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When to get Stubborn . . . And when to get Smart

This post is also featured on the Fictorians. Just this month, NYT Bestselling Author, and well-known author mentor David Farland wrote an excellent post titled “A Question of Balance”.  He opens by […]

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Exploring Story Concepts Prior to Writing

This post is part of this month’s Fictorians theme on games and how they relate to writing.  Find it here. This month we’ve discussed great games that inspire, games that […]

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St Patrick’s Day – A mixing of folklore with the every day

Here’s another post created for the Fictorians.  See it here. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May you be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you’re dead! May your […]

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Complex Characters

This is another post also found on the Fictorians blog.  Check it out there, along with other excellent posts on Character and character development this month. We’ve all heard the […]

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What if? – Two words to unlock inspiration

This post is featured on the Fictorians web page.  Check it out there, and take a look at all the other excellent posts this month focused on building writing momentum. […]

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