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You have only seconds to capture your reader’s attention so don’t take chances on jokes, industry terms and visuals that are often lost on people. These fluffs and fillers only tends to confuse the audience.[…]
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Realize the difference between editing and revising. Revising is adding/removing words, sentences, or paragraphs, changing a word or placement of a word (or the entire chapter), and substituting words or sentences for new ones. Editing[…]
A good story is made up of a beginning, middle and an end. It begins with a good hook, interesting characters, conflict, sub plots, and climax. The plot describes the events that make up a story.[…]
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