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A sticky sentence is one that is full of glue words. Glue words are the empty space that readers need to get through before they can get to your ideas. If your sentences contain more than 45% glue...
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An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the first letters of a string of words pronounced as its own word. For example, consider the acronym NASA. You know how it’s pronounced as a separate word, but...
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Varied sentence length is an important feature of good writing. To maintain your readers’ interest, use a variety of sentence lengths: some short and punchy, others long and flowing. The late Gary...
View ArticleLearning How to Write Mystery
When writing mystery, manipulating your target audience to keep them turning pages is key. Here's how to write like Agatha Christie.
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When you build another world, you’re responsible for creating everything from the flora and fauna surviving in this new universe to a variety of species, including man, who inhabit your world. Here's...
View ArticleHow to Write Romance like Nora Roberts
One of the most prolific romance writers, Nora Roberts, writes a new romance novel every 45 days. How does she do it? We examine.
View ArticleHow Nicole Scarano Learned to Love the Edit
Nicole Scarano never thought she would be an author, yet here she is: one book published and another due this year. This is the story of how that happened.
View ArticleHow the Technique of Over-Writing can Benefit Beginning and Blocked Writers
If you want to set yourself up for writing success—which in this context means more polished pieces and fewer fragments—make time to latch onto an idea and write the heck out of it NOW.
View ArticleThe Search Tool that Delivers Blog Ideas and Boosts SEO
As search engine optimization evolves, writers need to focus on the language real people use when they are trying to find an answer online. Discover how to create articles and webpages that answer...
View Article4 Ways to Help Your Students Love Writing
Do your students hate writing? Mine did, too! These four tips helped me get my students to a place where they loved writing.
View ArticleLearn to Choose the Right Words Every Time
When you approach revision, ask yourself the following questions: Am I repeating myself anywhere? Am I using clichés? Am I relying on telling too much, or could I use another detail or two? Is this...
View ArticleWhich Grammar Rules Do You Follow? And When Is It Okay to Break Them?
Grammar and writing rules are important, but following them isn't the ultimate goal. Clear and compelling writing is. And sometimes, you need to ignore the writing rules in order to make your point.
View ArticleChallenge Winner: a case for lowercase
What writing rules do you like to break? What writing rules do you always follow? How important are grammar rules when it comes to good writing?
View ArticleUsing ProWritingAid's Chapter Bar
Have you tried ProWritingAid's chapter bar yet? We explain how to use it.
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The ProWritingAid Blog has grown massively with over 12 million page views in the last 12 months. We want to build on this amazing momentum—we're aiming to triple that in the coming year!
View ArticleWhen the Words Won't Come: Word Explorer
Use ProWritingAid's Word Explorer to look at any word 14 different ways. Yes, it's true. Here's the list of ways you can check out any given word:DictionaryReverse Dictionary (this shows you words with...
View Article25 Books with Big Ideas
Sometimes, a book can change the world. In this list, Caroline Jackson explores 25 books with big ideas that had the power to inspire transformation.
View ArticleBuilding a World Within a World: Worldbuilding and Historical Fiction
Good stories require an immersive world to plunge readers into. If you're writing historical fiction, you'll need to pay attention to historical accuracy to ground your characters' relationships,...
View ArticleThe Eagle Problem: Why Authors Must Be Careful with Magic
Powerful magic is fun in theory, but it can ruin the logic of your plot. Kyle A. Massa covers one of the most infamous examples of this issue and the lessons authors can learn from it.
View ArticleWorld-building: What You Need to Know
If you write science fiction or fantasy, your readers expect to drop into a new world. But regardless of what type of fiction you write, you'll need to build a believable society for your story. We...
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