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    6 Awesome Tips to Help You Accomplish a Mind-Blowing Plot Twist

    February 10, 2021 / 98 Comments

    Plot twists can be some of the hardest things to write. You want to be able to shock the reader but still foreshadow. This can seem like a super scary thing to conquer. If you've got an epic plot twist in your story, then don't miss this next post on Teen Writers' Nook!!

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    D.B. Rayne
  • Katherine's Posts,  Writing

    Where Is Inspiration When You Need It?

    December 9, 2020 / 55 Comments

    Inspiration is sometimes hard to find. This topic is something I wanted to blog about since me and my friends first started this website, but I haven’t gotten around to it until now. So that brings me to today: Are you looking at writing a story but unsure of what to write about? (That’s me sometimes.) Are you stuck in your writing and clueless about what to do next? (Oh, yeah, that’s definitely me.) Do you feel like you’re all out of ideas? (I feel ya!) You’re probably asking yourself: “Where is inspiration when you need it?” You’re not alone. We all feel like we don’t get any ideas most…

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    Katherine
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    How to Make Memorable Characters Part 4: Writing Deep Character Emotions

    November 29, 2020 / 27 Comments

    It's time for part four in my writing series on character development. This one I'm focusing on how to really make your character emotions shine. I hope you'll join me for it!!!

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    D.B. Rayne
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    Try Again and Pick Up Your Pen: The Story of My Writing Journey

    October 31, 2020 / 28 Comments

    The story of where I've been as a writer with some serious encouragement on how to face rejections.

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    D.B. Rayne
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    How to Make Memorable Characters Part Three: The Importance of Giving Quirks to Your Characters

    October 27, 2020 / 4 Comments

    Part three of my writing series is happening here. I'm going to talk about why your character should have quirks and how to use them effectively.

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    D.B. Rayne
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    How to Make Memorable Characters Part 2: How Much Should You Describe Your Character?

    October 15, 2020 / 6 Comments

    Part two in Maggie's How to Make Memorable Characters series happens here.

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    D.B. Rayne
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    Know the Novel: Into the Lamp Plus Some Announcements

    October 10, 2020 / 14 Comments

    Come see some awesome, exciting stuff about my current WIP with announcements about upcoming things at TWN.

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    D.B. Rayne
  • my posts,  Writing

    How to Make Memorable Characters Part 1 With Sneak Peek of My Current WIP

    September 20, 2020 / 3 Comments

    Does building strong characters seem like a tiresome task? Then check out this post with a sneak peek at my current WIP

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    D.B. Rayne
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    Things to Know Before You Start Writing

    August 28, 2020 / 0 Comments

    You may be staring at the title, pondering what do I need to know other than my story idea? Not a whole lot, but there is a few things about your story that you should know anywhere in the beginning of your writing process. We’re going to review them here. First you should know who’s telling the story and in what POV (point of view) and verb tense. I’m going to use the example of a spy novel I had written a few years ago. Because I wanted to switch POVs between my two lead protagonists, I chose to use third person limited for my POV and past tense for…

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    D.B. Rayne
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    Where to Begin?

    July 3, 2020 / 8 Comments

    Have you come up with an awesome book idea but don't know where to start? That's what I'm focusing on here.

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    D.B. Rayne
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