Tag: writing ideas
How to Add Subplots to Your Novel and Why You Need Them
While your main plot is solely focused on your protagonist and his or her outcome, subplots serve as side stories to the main plot and tend to focus on secondary characters. Subplots should not overpower the main plot, but instead, strengthen the story and more develop the theme of your novel. The How While short […]
Showing Characters’ Moods and Emotions
Whether you’ve been writing for decades or are just embarking on your first writing journey, you’ve likely heard the phrase “show, don’t tell” ad nauseum. It’s one writing rule that applies to every genre because it makes or breaks the reading experience for your end-user—the reader. When we take it upon ourselves to tell readers […]
Writers, Tell Your Story on Instagram
The thought of branding and marketing yourself as a person—let alone a writer—can feel like a challenge. With social media’s continued growth, however, it’s easier than ever to create and cultivate your online persona. Instagram, for instance, isn’t even a decade into its existence yet and has 1 billion active monthly users. So, if you […]
6 Tips to Make Your Book a Page-Turner
Have you ever read a book you just couldn’t put down? Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime because you just couldn’t stop reading? Can you imagine your book capturing a reader like that? Here are six tips that can make your book a page-turner: 1. Write about something you are passionate about. […]
10 Steps to Becoming a Highly Effective Writer
Writing and procrastination might stereotypically go hand-in-hand, but no one has ever written a book by procrastinating. The only way to write a book is to write. It’s a crazy concept—I know. But if F. Scott Fitzgerald procrastinated on The Great Gatsby, none of us would even know such a book existed. So, how do we […]
![The incredible true story of “The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain” [VIDEO]](http://xulonpressblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/donna-barron.jpg "The incredible true story of “The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain” [VIDEO]")
Connect with Xulon Press
Connect with Xulon Press on the following social media platforms.