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A character's physical action placed near dialogue to show who's speaking without using a ...
A sentence construction where the subject performs the action, producing direct, clear pro...
Relying too heavily on adverbs (especially -ly words) instead of choosing stronger verbs, ...
A brief, indirect reference to something outside your story - a book, a myth, a historical...
Repeating the same word or phrase at the start of consecutive sentences or clauses to buil...
Monitoring how character arcs and story arcs develop across your full manuscript to ensure...
Dialogue where characters awkwardly tell each other things they both already know, purely ...
The main secondary storyline in your narrative, usually carrying the emotional or thematic...
Everything that happened to a character before the story begins, shaping who they are on p...
Bland, flat writing stripped of personality, imagery, or style - prose that communicates f...
A volunteer reader who reads your manuscript before publication and gives you honest feedb...
The physical movements and positioning of characters within a scene - where they stand, si...
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