Your Best Writing Teacher is a Passage that Challenged You – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 29, 2024

Writing Motivation: Your Best Writing Teacher is a Passage that Challenged You
The best way to learn how to write is actually writing. When that occurs, the writer suddenly becomes aware of the importance of diction, seeks ways to achieve a certain tone, and experiments with differing styles all to achieve a desired effect. READ MORE

Writing Tip: How to Overcome Writer’s Block!
There are many reasons people get writer’s block – their mind is preoccupied, the environment they’re writing in isn’t conducive to creating, the idea they’ve thought up isn’t particularly good, a lack of imagination or skill to develop the story, coming to the laptop with no idea to write about, and many more. My book Overcoming Writer’s Block helps you understand the cause of your writer’s block then goes into detail on strategies for overcoming each one. SEE BOOK

Writing Tip: Benefits, Pitfalls of Flat Characters
When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. The opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the course of the story. READ MORE

Writing Course: Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue
This inexpensive, online course helps beginning writers better understand how to pen conversations between characters. If you’ve already written a story and know the dialogue is weak, the lessons in this course can help you diagnose and fix the problem. Length of course: 12 lesson readings and quizzes, 2-3 hours. Homework is up to the student. CHECK IT OUT

Self-Publishing Tip: Ebook Covers Consist of Four Major Elements
An ebook cover suggests a lot to the reader about the pages that follow. A poor cover hints at unprofessional writing and vice versa. You’ll want to invest a little time working on the cover, even though you’re a writer; after all, you’re not a fashion designer, but you still wouldn’t dress your child in rags during her first public outing! Because of this, you’ll want to spend some time thinking about and working on your cover rather than slapping it together. READ MORE

This Week’s Podcast: Think of Your Story as if a Stage Production
Sometimes when plotting your short story or novel, thinking of it in terms of a theatrical or film production is useful. That’s because theater and film relies heavily on physical action to make the story work; beginning novelists and short story writers sometimes lose sight of the necessity for action and so get lost in their word-heavy medium.  LISTEN TO PODCAST

Book Marketing Tip: Potential Locations for Book Presentations
Once you’ve decided that a book reading or signing is a good way to promote your book, you’ll need to find some spots to hold your event. Identifying those locales can help you determine what kind of presentation (book reading, presentation about the topic, etc.) you’ll make then place you on the path for contacting the right people to set up such an event. READ MORE

Client Spotlight: “Twin Identity” by Cherie Brachter
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of editing Cherie Brachter’s debut novel, Twin Identity, a novel that still resonates with me. A story of innocence, love, betrayal, crime and passion, the novel begins many years ago when a young couple, Nora and Aubrey, fall in love. Aubrey’s mother blackmails him into breaking off their relationship. Nora’s suicide attempt nearly ends her life, but she finds the courage to move on. Several years later, the loss of a loved one and the truth behind the break-up puts her back in Aubrey’s arms…If they only knew twenty-one years later their two worlds would collide in a roller coaster ride of deceit and danger. Can they find their way back to each other or will their lies destroy any chance of happiness? CHECK IT OUT

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of both aspiring and published writers and offers a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 350 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of a novel, the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, four children’s books, more than 25 bestselling hiking guidebooks, and even a book of poetry. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.