Links of Interest

FIGURING OUT YOUR CHARACTER’S GOALS AND MOTIVES:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-four-clarify-goals-and-motivations.html

WAYS NOT TO BEGIN YOUR BOOK:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/way-to-begin-your-book/

CREATING A GREAT BAD GUY:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/03/the-secret-to-creating-a-really-good-bad-guy/

PROMO, COMPARING DIFFERENT PLACES FOR BOOK GIVEAWAYS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/book-giveaway-promos-compared-goodreads.html

CREATING TENSION:

http://jenniferblanchard.net/guestpost-cs-lakin-tension/

CLARIFYING THE STAKES OF THE STORY:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-six-clarify-stakes-and-consequences.html

CREATING MEANINGFUL SETTINGS IN YOUR NOVEL:

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/settings-in-your-novel/

GOVERNMENT SPYING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WHO DOES WHAT:

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/03/writing-spies-which-agency-does-what-to-who

CREATING A HIGH CONCEPT FOR YOUR NOVEL:

http://janefriedman.com/2015/03/09/compelling-novel-concept/

TIGHTENING CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-nine-tighten-character-descriptions.html

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-eight-flesh-out-character.html

RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL INFO, ETC., FOR YOUR WRITING:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2015/03/09/infusing-medical-details-into-your-fiction

HOW TO AVOID TOO-DUMB-TO-LIVE CHARACTER CHOICES:

https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/the-difference-between-flawed-characters-and-too-dumb-to-live/

MAKING THE CHIT-CHAT WORK:

http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/2015/03/interesting-chit-chat.html

BRUSH UP YOUR GRAMMAR, ITALIZATION:

http://thewritepractice.com/complete-italicization

BALANCE THE BACKSTORY:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-ten-balance-backstory.html

GETTING THE PLOT AND THE SEX SCENES TO SYNC: 

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2015/03/why-are-your-characters-getting-it-on.html

KEEPING A SECRET AND BACKSTORY:

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/03/keeping-a-secret-great-backstory-technique/

DO AGENTS VISIT MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION WEBSITES?

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2015/03/manuscript-pitch-websites-do-literary.html

STRAIGHTENING UP YOUR VIEWPOINT:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/day-eleven-focus-point-of-view.html

SPOTTING VAGUE WORDAGE AND MAKING YOUR TEXT STRONGER:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2015/03/11/avoiding-the-vague-swamp