Vlog: Simple Writing Formula
Watch Daybreak Press Research Specialist, Tayyaba Syed, provide a great formula for your writing success this NaNoWriMo season!
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Vlog: Give Your Characters Some Character
Character Development! Join Editorial Director and award-winning author of Sophia’s Journal Najiyah Maxfield for a helpful vlog about giving your character’s character.
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Write Together: The Blessing of a Writing Buddy
Write Together: The Blessing of a Writing Buddy by Najiyah Maxfield When I first started writing, I had a secret weapon. I had a friend who had self published her very own novel. It was 2002, and we had just endured the first “after” year of the divide known as 9/11. Her novel was a
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Using the Five Senses
A talented writer is able to grab the hand of a reader and walk her through the pages of the book with ease and effectiveness. The words should fly off the page and penetrate the heart and mind of the reader. How do you create such an intimate relationship between the author and her reader?
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Vlog: Setting the Foundation and Outlining Chapters
Key Elements to Setting a Story’s Foundation & Outline! Join Afshan Malik in understanding how to formulate a successful story plot and outline for this NaNoWriMo season!
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How to Bring Out the Writer in YOU
So you want to be a writer? Well, guess what! You already are! Yes, that’s right! Each of you is already a writer! How so, you ask? Writing is not something you are born knowing how to do. It’s something you grow into over time — with lots of practice. I truly believe that writing
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Vlog: Show, don’t tell
Join Editorial Director and award-winning author Najiyah Maxfield for insight on how to show and not tell during your writing journey.
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Write with Your Voice!
Write with Your Voice! The most authentic way to connect with anyone is to be your true self. Even in writing, there’s a special tone any writer uses to convey his or her personality through words. If you sound uncomfortable saying it – it’ll read uncomfortably, too. What’s the best way to make sure your
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First Draft Dragon
So you made the commitment and now you’re wondering if you should be committed! Never fear! We’re all taking this leap together! And we’re gonna make it together! If you were going to fear, however, it’s a pretty safe bet that one of the biggest things you’d be wary of would be the dreaded blank
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Someday is Today: Making Time to Write
Someday is Today: Making Time to Write Leave your excuses at the door, oh busy budding writers of 2016! Everyone and their mom has a hangnail, a teething toddler, a grouchy boss, the leaky faucet and a quarterly finals coming up. The small, consistent action we want to focus on this month is to carve
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