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How to Create a Swipe File: A Guide for Bloggers & Writers

Smart Blogger

It’s little wonder then why writers, bloggers, copywriters, students, and creatives from all fields use swipe files to fine-tune their writing skills and brainstorm fresh ideas. When these writers needed to create a new piece of content, swipe files gave them something to lean on. But what is a swipe file anyway?

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The Platform Authors Need Now (That Isn’t Social Media)

Jane Friedman

For many writers, platform is a dirty word. If you’re a more literary writer (where what attracts readers to your work is the quality of the prose and the depth of the concept), start working your way up the literary magazine ladder. Today’s guest post is by Allison K Williams ( @guerillamemoir ).

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205 Trigger Words: Ultimate Guide for Writers

The Write Life

These potent tools wield the power to evoke emotion, spur action, and forge a deeper connection with readers, making them indispensable in the arsenal of any writer. Power trigger words for storytelling Great storytelling is already immensely powerful – this set of trigger words levels up that power even further.

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Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Grammarly

For writers and readers alike, it can be difficult to tell the difference—especially when the two genres often intersect. Fiction refers to literature that is not grounded in real-life events but is made up or created from a writer’s imagination. Fiction is a literary genre that encompasses imaginative storytelling.

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Journals and Dreams: The Unsung Heroes of Literature

Jane Friedman

Not all authors remember or rely on their dreams, but dreamers and journal-keepers are uniquely blessed as writers. Although writers’ dreams are often the exception to that rule.) Becoming conscious of your nighttime narrator can make you a more confident storyteller and prime you to dream up new material by day, too.

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Forget the First Line. Focus on First Pages.

Jane Friedman

But here’s advice I wish I could offer to every writer tying themselves into knots trying to find that magical first line: Let it go. If the story’s narrative voice is weak or absent or dull, readers may not want to commit to spending hundreds of pages with it—or trust the storyteller.

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What Is Creative Nonfiction? The 4 Elements of Creative Nonfiction

Grammarly

Some elements that you’ll find in creative nonfiction include: 1 Scene setting Writers focus on the tangible details about a time and place to immerse their readers in a scene. By using different narrative structures, the writer can control the pace at which events unfold and draw the reader further into the story.