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Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips on How to Write a Great Story - Entertainment. DarkCopy. 10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly - Do Your Job Better. By Michael C.

10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly - Do Your Job Better

Munger Most academics, including administrators, spend much of our time writing. But we aren't as good at it as we should be. I have never understood why our trade values, but rarely teaches, nonfiction writing. Plague Words and Phrases. How To Write Good. Caveat emptor.

How To Write Good

Carpe diem. O si villi, si ergo, fortibus es in ero. Et tu, brute. by Frank L. Visco. Exercises for Fiction Writers - Page 2. Kurt Vonnegut's Tips for Writing Fiction. Tone/Attitude Words. 73 Ways to Become a Better Writer. 15,000 Useful Phrases.

50 Problem Words and Phrases. The Snowflake Method of Novel-Writing. 9 Questions to Outline a Novel. Just as every tree is different but still recognizably a tree, every story is different but contains elements that make it a story.

9 Questions to Outline a Novel.

By defining those before you begin you clarify the scope of your work, identify your themes, and create the story you meant to write. At Norwescon 2011 I sat in on a session called Outline Your Novel in 90-minutes led by Mark Teppo. I’ll give you the brief, readable, synthesized version. Answer 9 questions and create 25 chapter titles and you’re there.