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Essential advice since 2010 for fiction writers, aspiring novelists, and editors from Jodie Renner, highly respected fiction editor and author of three award-winning craft-of-writing guides, FIRE UP YOUR FICTION, CAPTIVATE YOUR READERS, and WRITING A KILLER THRILLER, as well as time-saving QUICK CLICKS e-resources.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Worst Ways to Begin Your Novel - Advice from Literary Agents

Here's some interesting advice from literary agents on the opening pages of your novel, compiled by Chuck Samuchino, of Writer's Dig...

Some First-Page Critiques

by Jodie Renner, editor , author , speaker As you know, your first page is so critical for hooking readers in and compelling them to keep ...

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Silver Medal Award, and also Giveaway

STYLE THAT SIZZLES IS AN AWARD-WINNING GUIDE FOR WRITERS! I’m very pleased to announce that my editor’s guide to writing compe...

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Two of my articles in Suspense Magazine

Available on Amazon in e-book or print by Jodie Renner, editor , author , speaker I'm pleased to share that Suspense Magazine has...

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bring Your Characters to Life by Showing Their Reactions

by Jodie Renner, editor , author , speaker I'm back at The Kill Zone blog again today, with concrete advice on bringing your character...

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Making the Switch from Nonfiction to Fiction Writing

I have the honor of being a guest on Joanna Penn's blog today. Here's the beginning of my article over there, with a link to the res...

Friday, September 27, 2013

Why I Am Not Turning the Pages of This Novel

I've been away across the country visiting my family and am now back and trying to catch up. Here's the beginning of a great artic...

Thursday, September 19, 2013

21 TIPS FOR CREATING A COMPELLING SHORT STORY

by Jodie Renner, editor & author Writing short stories is a great way to experiment with different genres, characters, settings,...

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