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Fixing Fiction: What to do if your story has too many protagonists

December 1, 2019 by admin2021

Your story has multiple protagonists and you’re in trouble. You can’t figure out how to juggle these characters to make the story work. What do you do? Luckily, you don’t have as big a problem as you think. *phew* Read on… To decide who is your protagonist, you pick one. This will be the character …

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Formula Fiction: Essential Writing Techniques Traditional Publishers Don’t Want You to Know About

October 2, 2019 by admin2021

Formula Fiction: It’s the thing traditional publishers don’t want you to know about, but you must…

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling Dissected for Novelists

June 13, 2019 by Mark Mapstone

Pixar’s rules of writing are a great read for all storytellers, however, some of the rules aren’t so clear on what they mean, or are always considered from a film making perspective. Because of this, I’ve decided to give them my own spin and interpret them for myself, and other authors / novelists / writers …

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Narrative Style and Author Branding in the 3rd Person

May 8, 2019 by Mark Mapstone

People (and by people I mean no-one) often ask why I’m writing in the 3rd person (my weakest pov) when I know I can write better in the 1st. The long boring answer is: narrative style can be part of the author brand which spans multiple books. 1st pov can’t. #amwriting — Mark (@credibleink) April …

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An Idiots Guide to Advertising with Amazon Ads for Indie Authors

March 15, 2019 by Mark Mapstone

So you want to try Amazon Adverts and don’t know where to start. Or you do know where to start, but are so confused you need yet another blog post explaining it to get some objective clarity. You’ve come to (another) right place. I’m going to walk you through how to set up your first …

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Mid90s Film In True Skateboarding Shocka!

January 2, 2019 by Mark Mapstone

Get it here http://mid90s.movie/ & here https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mid90s/id1438278601 

Livestream Fiction Writing on Youtube

December 17, 2018 by Mark Mapstone

I have a special announcement to make!  After listening to someones podcast about a writer live streaming their writing on Twitch, I have joined the club! Albeit, not on Twitch, and not live.  I’ll explain: I’m on Youtube here and I upload the video after I’m done. This will be continuing for the entirety of writing …

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When exactly can one call themselves an Author?

November 3, 2018 by Mark Mapstone

Yesterday I had a strange email arrive which I couldn’t quite believe. I thought it was a mistake, I dreaded the message behind the Subject line and reluctantly clicked on it. Before I tell you what was in that email, let me step back and tell you why this email was important. As you know …

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Book 3 Pool Staker is almost ready!

August 8, 2018 by Mark Mapstone

I’m at the editing stage and almost ready to release the new book: Pool Staker.

Smarter Writers Use Semi-colons and Colons

May 29, 2018 by Mark Mapstone

I have heard in writing circles that writers who use the semi-colon are just demonstrating that they’ve been to college/Uni. And that writers should either pause (comma), not pause (no comma), or stop completely (full stop). This is not true at all. A semi-colon is an important element of punctuation to have and you’ll be …

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