Rob Bignell's Blog, page 199
October 15, 2018
7 Great Tips to Create Conflict in Your Story
��� Focus on conflict in opening lines
��� Utilize both internal and external conflicts
��� Center on internal flaw for compelling story
��� Use confidant to reveal hero���s inner turmoil
��� Develop complex antagonist to maximize conflict
��� Deliver thrusts and counterthrusts
��� Use man vs. man conflict in story
��� BONUS: "Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have."
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October 14, 2018
5 Great Quotations about Story Ideas
���We write 
by the light of every story we have ever read.��� - Richard Peck
���Write to your fear.��� - Dorothy Allison
���Your job isn���t to find (new) ideas but to recognize them when they show up.��� - Stephen King
���Tell the story that���s been growing in your heart, the characters you can���t keep out of your head.��� - Jennifer Weiner
���Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.��� - Sylvia Plath
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October 13, 2018
Writing Prompts: 200+ Ideas You Can Use Today
As a 
long-time book editor, I get the same comments over and over from my clients: ���I like to write but don���t have any good ideas for stories���...���I don���t know how to start a story���...���My stories often don���t have any direction.���
The problem often is that the writer didn���t start with conflict, the core of all good fiction, regardless of genre. With no conflict to resolve, there���s simply no story. Unfortunately, many of the writing prompts out there don���t focus on conflict. They instead ask you to write descriptions or to explain what you would do in a situation in which characters don���t clash.
Storystarters: 200+ Writing Prompts That Lead To Stories solves that problem. It gives 50 different topics ��� such as betrayal, jealousy and revenge ���in which your protagonist might confront another person, society, nature, God, or himself. If you wrote a short story a month, there are enough prompts in this book to last you more than 16 years...or if you wrote a novel a year, it would be good for more than two centuries!
Storystarters has topped Amazon.com bestseller lists for writing and is available in both paperback and ebook.
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"A story is like a child - though it arises from us, it is its own being." - Rob Bignell
Every success story begins with a dream. If you dream of being a professional, published author, that success story requires believing in yourself and in knowing that your efforts will lead to triumph. Read the motivational blog entry this quotation came from by clicking on the quote card.
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October 12, 2018
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." - Mark Twain
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October 11, 2018
4 Tips on Understanding Copyright Law
��� How to avoid copyright infringement
��� Should I copyright my manuscript?
��� Trademark registration is overkill for new writers
��� How to purchase an ISBN for your book
��� BONUS: ���Easy reading is damn hard writing.��� - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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October 10, 2018
52 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write
As a 
long-time book editor, I get the same questions over and over from my clients: How can I get over writer���s block? Is my writing really good enough to publish? How do I find the motivation to complete my manuscript?
I���ve compiled answers to these and many similar questions in my book Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers. It gives inspiring, thoughtful advice on finding your muse, working through revisions and drafts, and garnering the courage to publish.
Self-doubt about their talent, uncertainty that the book will sell, indecision about how to develop a story ��� I���ve seen these and many other problems in hundreds of clients. With Writing Affirmations, I���ll provide tried-and-true ways to identify and address the issue affecting you as a writer. Apply them to your life, and you���ll soon complete the great manuscripts you are capable of penning!
Writing Affirmations has topped Amazon.com bestseller lists for writing and is available in both paperback and ebook.
Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.
"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." - Stephen King
Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.
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October 9, 2018
6 Secrets to Creating and Sustaining Suspense
��� Maintain tension throughout your story
��� Start your story in middle to increase suspense
��� Your main character must fail
��� Increase story's suspense through reversal
��� Avoid 'organ music' to create story suspense
��� Don���t break circuit of suspense when it���s hot
��� BONUS: "...many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin." ��� Stanley Schmidt
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October 8, 2018
50 Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills
As a 
long-time book editor, I get the same questions over and over from my clients: How can I make my writing pop? How can I show rather than tell? How can I tighten my prose?
I���ve compiled answers to these and many similar questions in my book 7 Minutes a Day to Mastering the Craft of Writing. It gives quick, easy-to-understand examples of how to improve your writing���s diction and voice, how to strengthen your writing���s narrative drive, and how to give your piece more color.
Passive voice, begin fallacies, verb tense shifts, vanilla prose, nulls, dull dialogue, fuzzy words ��� I���ve seen them and many other problems in hundreds of manuscripts. With Mastering the Craft of Writing, I���ll provide tried-and-true ways to identify and fix those issues. Apply them to your manuscript, and you���ll know all the secrets of the bestselling authors!
Mastering the Craft of Writing has topped Amazon.com bestseller lists for writing and is available in both paperback and ebook.
Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.
