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Writing Romance Tropes That Sizzle

Writing Romance Tropes That Sizzle

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 20, 2023Leave a comment

Writing romance tropes that sizzle is a surefire way to grab an audience whether you’re specifically for the romance genre or any other genre. Get tips now!

Six Romance Tropes You Can’t Ignore

Six Romance Tropes You Can’t Ignore

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 7, 20232 Comments

Romance is such a popular genre, so it’s essential to understand trending romance tropes. Check out the first three Six Romance Tropes You Can’t Ignore Part 1.

Looking Through Your Characters’ Eyes

Looking Through Your Characters’ Eyes

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 22, 2023Leave a comment

Your challenge is to get your characters to reflect your style of writing, the genre, and the setting plus emerge as unique and interesting personalities.

Collecting Real Life Quirks for Character Creation

Collecting Real Life Quirks for Character Creation

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 16, 2023Leave a comment

Real people can be the perfect inspiration for character creation. Which quirks can you use and which ones should you lose? Let’s find out!

Bringing a Cast of Characters to Life

Bringing a Cast of Characters to Life

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 9, 20231 Comment

Your cast of characters fills certain roles in the plot to bring forth an engaging story. Let’s talk about your protagonist, antagonist, sidekicks, and more!

Build Convincing Characters

12 Writing Tips for Building Convincing Characters

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 7, 20233 Comments

Use any of these 12 writing tips and develop convincing characters readers will care about. No more two-dimensional characters in your stories!

Character-Building Characters

Sneaky Writing Tip: Character-Building Characters

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 3, 20234 Comments

Characters populate our stories but what does it mean to write a character-building story? How do you help build character without preaching at your audience?

Block Out Writer’s Block Write Your Book to the End

Block Out Writer’s Block: Write Your Book to The End

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 17, 2022Leave a comment

One of the biggest challenges to writing your book to the end is writer’s block. Jan Fields offers tips for getting past writer’s block and finishing your book.

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Writing a Satisfying End for the Character’s Journey | IFW

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 18, 20223 Comments

Your ending needs something, but you can’t quite figure it out. Join Victoria Sherrow for tips on writing a satisfying ending to your character’s journey.

Finish Your Book

Using Complex Characters to Finish Your Book | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 4, 20221 Comment

Are your characters keeping you from finishing your book? Develop your characters, retool them if needed, and finish your book with these tips from Jan Fields.

Inspiration for Writing

Where Do You Get Your Inspiration for Writing ? | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 10, 20221 Comment

Writers are often asked where they get their inspiration. The key to getting inspiration for writing is less about finding it and more about recognizing it.

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Series Books: The Trouble with Character Transformation

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 30, 20212 Comments

How do you handle character transformation in series books where readers fall in love with characters and expect to meet those same people, sometimes exactly the same people, book after book?

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Planning a Book Series: The Premise

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 9, 20213 Comments

All series books have a basic premise, something that links the books through time. Today we talk about how a good premise is interesting but also has repeatability.

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Planning a Book Series: Characters Who Can Go the Distance

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 1, 20218 Comments

When planning a book series, it’s important to create characters that can sustain a story and still be likable throughout many books. Let’s talk about characters that can go the distance.

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Writing Great Middle Grade Dialogue

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 18, 2021Leave a comment

Because dialogue is an essential element of any book, it’s worthwhile to take a specific look at writing great middle grade dialogue.

Finding your chlidlike voice Episode 236

236: 3 Ways to Find Character Voice

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryMarch 12, 20211 Comment

236: Finding Your Childlike Voice
March 12, 2021

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Creating Science Fiction Characters: Don’t Let the Genre Upstage Them

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 11, 20212 Comments

Our goal in creating science fiction characters is to write characters that are deeper and more engaging than the fantastical world around them.

Authentic Kid Voices Episode 235

235: Quality Kid Dialogue

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryMarch 5, 2021Leave a comment

235: Authentic Kid Voices
March 5, 2021

Maggie Tokuda Hall and Jamie Tan Epsiode 234

234: Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarryFebruary 26, 2021Leave a comment

234: Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan
February 26, 2021

Real Speech for real people episode 218

218: Real Speech for Real People

PodcastBy Jacque IrizarrySeptember 18, 2020Leave a comment

218: Real Speech for Real People
September 18, 2020

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