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The Art of Withholding Information
As authors we hold all the cards when it comes to how and when we reveal key information to our readers. Withholding certain details can create intrigue and set up twists the reader doesn’t see coming. But if we aren’t careful, our readers might feel confused or cheated and consider our purposeful withholding as breaking...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/art-of-withholding-information/#CharacterSecrets #ResidentWritingCoach #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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The Art of Withholding Information
As authors we hold all the cards when it comes to how and when we reveal key information to our readers. Withholding certain details can create intrigue and set up twists the reader doesn’t see coming. But if we aren’t careful, our readers might feel confused or cheated and consider our purposeful withholding as breaking...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/art-of-withholding-information/#CharacterSecrets #ResidentWritingCoach #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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The Art of Withholding Information
As authors we hold all the cards when it comes to how and when we reveal key information to our readers. Withholding certain details can create intrigue and set up twists the reader doesn’t see coming. But if we aren’t careful, our readers might feel confused or cheated and consider our purposeful withholding as breaking...
The post The Art of Withholding Information appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/art-of-withholding-information/#CharacterSecrets #ResidentWritingCoach #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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The Art of Withholding Information
As authors we hold all the cards when it comes to how and when we reveal key information to our readers. Withholding certain details can create intrigue and set up twists the reader doesn’t see coming. But if we aren’t careful, our readers might feel confused or cheated and consider our purposeful withholding as breaking...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/art-of-withholding-information/#CharacterSecrets #ResidentWritingCoach #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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The linguistic structure of the limerick provides a fascinating study in phonology and rhythmic timing.
How Do Limericks Work? The Secret to Their Rhythm and Rhyme. It provides a detailed overview of the mathematical precision required in verse, offering much-needed clarity on how structured communication helps us navigate a world of information and avoid deceptive patterns.
Read here:
https://www.wordlelimericks.com/how-do-limericks-work/#Linguistics #Poetry #WritingCraft #PublicInterest #Education #Meter
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Writers, would you like an energy & community boost this June? Check out what's on offer at the (fully online, Fri/Sat) Wholehearted Writers June Mini-Retreat https://wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.com/p/june-mini-retreat-programming
@edibuddies @writers #WritingCraft #AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
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In my blog this month, I talk about how I sometimes need a little bump to keep my writing fresh...clickety click to read more...
https://www.jacquigreaves-author.com/blog/sometimes-i-just-need-a-little-bump?fbclid=IwY2xjawRk_F9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeChxmhJZ1YV541zFWlwQNNhkwzztsjPncOGvXkq8A0hjjphTc6SkbkDHfWTU_aem_hw0I9MUmuGL44J_aotrX_Q#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #NeedABump #WritingCraft #AboutWriting #WritingLife
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How to Write Authentic Emotion
In the real world, no two people are alike, which means each of us expresses emotion in our own way. Some people find it natural to share what they feel with those around them, while others find the idea of revealing what they feel horrifying and will avoid situations that could lead to such vulnerability....
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How to Write Authentic Emotion
In the real world, no two people are alike, which means each of us expresses emotion in our own way. Some people find it natural to share what they feel with those around them, while others find the idea of revealing what they feel horrifying and will avoid situations that could lead to such vulnerability....
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How to Write Authentic Emotion
In the real world, no two people are alike, which means each of us expresses emotion in our own way. Some people find it natural to share what they feel with those around them, while others find the idea of revealing what they feel horrifying and will avoid situations that could lead to such vulnerability....
The post How to Write Authentic Emotion appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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How to Write Authentic Emotion
In the real world, no two people are alike, which means each of us expresses emotion in our own way. Some people find it natural to share what they feel with those around them, while others find the idea of revealing what they feel horrifying and will avoid situations that could lead to such vulnerability....
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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Creating Microtension Through Setting Description
Author, copyeditor, and writing coach C. S. Lakin shares ways to create microtension through setting descriptions. You’re probably wondering what microtension is, and what it has to do with fiction writing. Oddly, very little has been written on the topic, yet it’s an essential element that supercharges our writing. No, it’s not the tension created...
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Creating Microtension Through Setting Description
Author, copyeditor, and writing coach C. S. Lakin shares ways to create microtension through setting descriptions. You’re probably wondering what microtension is, and what it has to do with fiction writing. Oddly, very little has been written on the topic, yet it’s an essential element that supercharges our writing. No, it’s not the tension created...
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Creating Microtension Through Setting Description
Author, copyeditor, and writing coach C. S. Lakin shares ways to create microtension through setting descriptions. You’re probably wondering what microtension is, and what it has to do with fiction writing. Oddly, very little has been written on the topic, yet it’s an essential element that supercharges our writing. No, it’s not the tension created...
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Creating Microtension Through Setting Description
Author, copyeditor, and writing coach C. S. Lakin shares ways to create microtension through setting descriptions. You’re probably wondering what microtension is, and what it has to do with fiction writing. Oddly, very little has been written on the topic, yet it’s an essential element that supercharges our writing. No, it’s not the tension created...
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The Utter Storytelling Perfection of Sinners
There are some stories that stay with you long after they end, not because of their plot twists or spectacle, but because they make you feel something real. A recent example of this is the movie Sinners, which at first glance seems like a very specific story rooted in a particular time, place, and cultural experience. Yet somehow it reaches far beyond that, connecting with audiences who have no direct link to the world it portrays. According to Ginger, that tension between specificity and universality is what makes great storytelling work, and Sinners is a powerful example of it in action. In this week’s post, he takes a closer look at how the story achieves this so that the rest of us can apply those same principles to our own writing. From building…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/storytelling-perfection-of-sinners/#ForAuthors #WritingCraft #inspiration #learningseries #selfpublishing
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The Utter Storytelling Perfection of Sinners
There are some stories that stay with you long after they end, not because of their plot twists or spectacle, but because they make you feel something real. A recent example of this is the movie Sinners, which at first glance seems like a very specific story rooted in a particular time, place, and cultural experience. Yet somehow it reaches far beyond that, connecting with audiences who have no direct link to the world it portrays. According to Ginger, that tension between specificity and universality is what makes great storytelling work, and Sinners is a powerful example of it in action. In this week’s post, he takes a closer look at how the story achieves this so that the rest of us can apply those same principles to our own writing. From building…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/storytelling-perfection-of-sinners/#ForAuthors #WritingCraft #inspiration #learningseries #selfpublishing
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The Utter Storytelling Perfection of Sinners
There are some stories that stay with you long after they end, not because of their plot twists or spectacle, but because they make you feel something real. A recent example of this is the movie Sinners, which at first glance seems like a very specific story rooted in a particular time, place, and cultural experience. Yet somehow it reaches far beyond that, connecting with audiences who have no direct link to the world it portrays. According to Ginger, that tension between specificity and universality is what makes great storytelling work, and Sinners is a powerful example of it in action. In this week’s post, he takes a closer look at how the story achieves this so that the rest of us can apply those same principles to our own writing. From building…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/storytelling-perfection-of-sinners/#ForAuthors #WritingCraft #inspiration #learningseries #selfpublishing
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The Utter Storytelling Perfection of Sinners
There are some stories that stay with you long after they end, not because of their plot twists or spectacle, but because they make you feel something real. A recent example of this is the movie Sinners, which at first glance seems like a very specific story rooted in a particular time, place, and cultural experience. Yet somehow it reaches far beyond that, connecting with audiences who have no direct link to the world it portrays. According to Ginger, that tension between specificity and universality is what makes great storytelling work, and Sinners is a powerful example of it in action. In this week’s post, he takes a closer look at how the story achieves this so that the rest of us can apply those same principles to our own writing. From building…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/storytelling-perfection-of-sinners/#ForAuthors #WritingCraft #inspiration #learningseries #selfpublishing
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What is the one thing you struggle to cut from your drafts? Is it a specific character, a favorite scene, or perhaps a piece of world-building you’re too attached to let go?
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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What is the one thing you struggle to cut from your drafts? Is it a specific character, a favorite scene, or perhaps a piece of world-building you’re too attached to let go?
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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What is the one thing you struggle to cut from your drafts? Is it a specific character, a favorite scene, or perhaps a piece of world-building you’re too attached to let go?
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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What is the one thing you struggle to cut from your drafts? Is it a specific character, a favorite scene, or perhaps a piece of world-building you’re too attached to let go?
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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Most writers skip the hard part: self-editing. They think a good story is enough. It's not.
The new issue of Foundations breaks down why rigorous self-editing is the only real path to a sustainable career.
"A well-edited book builds trust. Trust builds a backlist. A backlist builds a career."
Sign up here: https://jeffreyharlan.com/newsletter
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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Most writers skip the hard part: self-editing. They think a good story is enough. It's not.
The new issue of Foundations breaks down why rigorous self-editing is the only real path to a sustainable career.
"A well-edited book builds trust. Trust builds a backlist. A backlist builds a career."
Sign up here: https://jeffreyharlan.com/newsletter
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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Most writers skip the hard part: self-editing. They think a good story is enough. It's not.
The new issue of Foundations breaks down why rigorous self-editing is the only real path to a sustainable career.
"A well-edited book builds trust. Trust builds a backlist. A backlist builds a career."
Sign up here: https://jeffreyharlan.com/newsletter
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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Most writers skip the hard part: self-editing. They think a good story is enough. It's not.
The new issue of Foundations breaks down why rigorous self-editing is the only real path to a sustainable career.
"A well-edited book builds trust. Trust builds a backlist. A backlist builds a career."
Sign up here: https://jeffreyharlan.com/newsletter
#WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #Writing #Editing #WritingCraft #SelfEditing #IndieAuthor
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Weekly News: 13th April 2026
Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:
- Jonathan Bailey on AI: “Every article, every image, and every piece of code generated by AI is a potential legal and ethical risk.”
- We got an email recently claiming to be a DMCA copyright infringement notice. A quick internet search revealed it to be a scam.
- Using short-form video to market books.
- What a three-star review of your book really means.
- Antibiotics (or the lack of them) in a post-apocalyptic world.
- How to make settings interesting.
- A guide to content marketing for authors.
Book a FREE consultation to find out how we can help you publish your book.
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another one does it. That doesn’t mean that one is wrong—it just means our processes differ. Figuring out how your writing brain operates and how to...
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Weekly News: 30th March 2026
Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:
- Elizabeth Spann Craig has advice on editing your own work.
- Jane Friedman has an FAQ around AI and publishing. She will update it as things change, so it’s worth saving for future reference.
- Should your cover be matte or gloss?
- Why you should leave gaps in your world building.
- A recent supreme court ruling could weaken the DMCA for rights holders.
- What you can get out of a writer’s retreat, and how to plan one.
- How to write a best friend that is more than just a sidekick.
Book a FREE consultation to find out how we can help you publish your book.
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Differentiating Narrators in a Multiple-Viewpoint Story
Writing in multiple viewpoints is a great way to explore a story from more than one angle, but it creates problems if readers can’t tell who’s talking. You don’t want them feeling lost or disconnected from the story. Whether you’re writing a dual point-of-view romance, a family saga, or a thriller with alternating perspectives, here...
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Differentiating Narrators in a Multiple-Viewpoint Story
Writing in multiple viewpoints is a great way to explore a story from more than one angle, but it creates problems if readers can’t tell who’s talking. You don’t want them feeling lost or disconnected from the story. Whether you’re writing a dual point-of-view romance, a family saga, or a thriller with alternating perspectives, here...
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Differentiating Narrators in a Multiple-Viewpoint Story
Writing in multiple viewpoints is a great way to explore a story from more than one angle, but it creates problems if readers can’t tell who’s talking. You don’t want them feeling lost or disconnected from the story. Whether you’re writing a dual point-of-view romance, a family saga, or a thriller with alternating perspectives, here...
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Differentiating Narrators in a Multiple-Viewpoint Story
Writing in multiple viewpoints is a great way to explore a story from more than one angle, but it creates problems if readers can’t tell who’s talking. You don’t want them feeling lost or disconnected from the story. Whether you’re writing a dual point-of-view romance, a family saga, or a thriller with alternating perspectives, here...
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Dive deep into a super useful craft cool for fictions writers! STARTS THIS COMING TUES 3/24. Zoom, 4 Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m. Central, we're gonna have a great time. https://loft.org/classes/goal-motivation-conflict-and-stakes-fiction-writers
@edibuddies @writers @romancelandia #WritingCraft #AmWritingRomance #Romancelandia #QueerWriters #FictionWriting
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Dive deep into a super useful craft cool for fictions writers! STARTS THIS COMING TUES 3/24. Zoom, 4 Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m. Central, we're gonna have a great time. https://loft.org/classes/goal-motivation-conflict-and-stakes-fiction-writers
@edibuddies @writers @romancelandia #WritingCraft #AmWritingRomance #Romancelandia #QueerWriters #FictionWriting
