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My 10 Best Tips for Worldbuilding

12/9/2020

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My 10 Best Tips for World-Building, Matthew Dewey, The Penned Sleuth, World-building, a wonderful excuse to spend hours upon hours of daydreaming. Creating societies, themes and visual wonders that will challenge us when we finally put it all into words. Of course, any aspect of writing can be a challenge, so here’s how you can make it easy and fun!  Here are my 10 best tips for world-building!
Worldbuilding, a wonderful excuse to spend hours upon hours of daydreaming. Creating societies, themes and visual wonders that will challenge us when we finally put it all into words. Of course, any aspect of writing can be a challenge, so here’s how you can make it easy and fun!

Here are my 10 best tips for world-building!

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My Top Tips for Writing Effectively and Efficiently

12/2/2020

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My Top Tips for Writing Effectively and Efficiently, Matthew Dewey, The Penned Sleuth, Every writer has rules that help them strengthen their writing style. These rules not only reinforce their way of writing but push them to improve their writing as well. If you are sincere about improving your writing, you will start developing your own rules as well. If you don't know what rules to set yourself, I am going to share some of my own to point you in the right direction! ​ These are my tips, my rules, my writing guidelines. Let’s jump into it!
Every writer has rules that help them strengthen their writing style. These rules not only reinforce their way of writing but push them to improve their writing as well. If you are sincere about improving your writing, you will start developing your own rules as well. If you don't know what rules to set yourself, I am going to share some of my own to point you in the right direction!
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These are my tips, my rules, my writing guidelines. Let’s jump into it!

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How to Improve Your Writing Through Research

11/25/2020

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How to Improve Your Writing Through Research, Matthew Dewey, The Penned Sleuth, You can improve your writing a number of ways. You can be more descriptive in some areas, more emotive in others, you can rewrite until a scene is perfect or you can develop a new writing style. Yet, these methods will only improve your writing on a surface level. To really write something great about a topic, you need to understand the topic.  Here are some top methods to research for your writing!
You can improve your writing a number of ways. You can be more descriptive in some areas, more emotive in others, you can rewrite until a scene is perfect or you can develop a new writing style. Yet, these methods will only improve your writing on a surface level. To really write something great about a topic, you need to understand the topic.

Here are some top methods to research for your writing!

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How to Get Your Reader Invested in the First Chapter

11/17/2020

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How to Get Your Reader Invested in the First Chapter, Matthew Dewey, The Penned Sleuth, Writing the first chapter is seen as a difficult task. Many believe that if you don’t nail it, you have lost your reader. The reality is that it is very easy to achieve a great first chapter, it doesn’t require much of you or your story at all. There are just some simple things to remember.  Let’s jump into it!
Writing the first chapter is seen as a difficult task. Many believe that if you don’t nail it, you have lost your reader. The reality is that it is very easy to achieve a great first chapter, it doesn’t require much of you or your story at all. There are just some simple things to remember.

Let’s jump into it!

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7 Writing Mistakes You Need to Avoid

11/11/2020

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7 Writing Mistakes You Need to Avoid, Matthew Dewey, The Penned Sleuth, It is easy for anyone to make a mistake, even masters of a craft! For that reason, we are always learning how to better our work, how to avoid common errors and improve our writing. I have collected 7 mistakes that writers often make. By the end of this piece, these 7 will make a handy what-not-to-do checklist for any novel!  Let’s jump right in!
It is easy for anyone to make a mistake, even masters of a craft! For that reason, we are always learning how to better our work, how to avoid common errors and improve our writing. I have collected 7 mistakes that writers often make. By the end of this piece, these 7 will make a handy what-not-to-do checklist for any novel!

Let’s jump right in!

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