Ensure Descriptive Writing Serves a Purpose – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Sept. 29, 2026

Craft of Writing: Ensure Descriptive Writing Serves a Purpose
When writing description, always make sure it serves a purpose. Any description should move along the plot, help develop characters and dramatic tension. READ MORE

NOW ON AUDIOBOOK! Storytelling 101 Quick Read Series
Need tips on plotting your novel? Starting your story? Selecting the best point of view? Writing more engaging dialogue? Showing not telling? Formatting your ebook or paperback? Creating a book cover? Setting up an author’s platform? Your author’s website? Arranging and delivering a book reading? Running an Amazon ad campaign for your books? My Storytelling 101 Quick Read series covers these topics and more – and now they’re all available on audiobook, perfect for your commute or when doing chores around the house. SEE AUDIOBOOKS

Writing Tip: I Refuse to Give Up on My Writing Because I Haven’t Explored Every Possible Way to Revise It
Since writers are close to their work – the universe for the story that is in a writer’s head always is larger than the universe for the story that is on paper – they often may not recognize that a passage needs to be revised. Because of this, a troubled paragraph or chapter may go unrecognized by the writer…and if it is recognized, the writer may have no idea how to revise it. READ MORE

Self-Publishing Tip: Place Hyperlinks in Your Nonfiction Ebook
One of the advantages of an ebook over a paper book is the ability to link to other pages with a mere touch of your fingertip, which is especially useful if you write nonfiction. While a paper book’s footnote or bibliography requires the reader to physically move to a library or bookstore to obtain a copy of that book, links can be set up within ebooks to take you to that book, usually by purchasing it online right from your ereader or tablet. READ MORE

This Week’s Podcast: Build Rising Action Scenes Around Conflict
Anytime you’re writing a scene in the story’s rising action, you’ll want to treat it as a short story in and of itself. That means focusing on conflict. LISTEN TO PODCAST

Book Marketing Tip: Try These Topics for Email Marketing Campaigns
Anytime you use email marketing to encourage book sales, you’re engaging in a campaign. Such campaigns shouldn’t simply say “buy my book” but instead ought to deliver “news” to readers about your titles. READ MORE

Client Spotlight: “Bad Juju in Cleveland” by Karl Bort and Thekla Madsen
A crime novel I edited several years ago is now out in audiobook, narrated by Mike Cantrell. Karl Bort and Thekla Madsen’s Bad Juju in Cleveland begins when four men are found brutally slain in an abandoned house on Cleveland’s east side, one with ties to City Hall and all marked with a mysterious symbol. When Detective Nicholas Silvano is called to the case, he finds this drug-deal-gone-wrong is anything but ordinary, and the search for an elusive killer is on. With FBI Agent James Reis creating roadblocks at every turn, Silvano teams up with a DEA agent on a manhunt that takes them to the shady side of Florida, where anything can be had for a price. The stakes become higher when the killer makes it personal, forcing Nick to face feelings he’s been denying for so long. 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 425 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.