Annemarie DeClark

Annemarie DeClark

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www.annemarie-declark.com Book reviewer. Mystery author. Tree planter. Cancer survivor. Vegetarian. Married.

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Annemarie DeClark

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Happy Friday! Happy reading! 📖💗 My 24 Favorite Crime Fiction Books of 2024! youtu.be/3j4qaqXblu0?... via @YouTube #BooksWorthReading #mustread #whattoread #Booksky #BookRecommendations #booklovers #readingcommunity #Read #BookNerd #amreading #reading #CrimeFiction #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense

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inventingrealityediting.com9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View• Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a st…

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inventingrealityediting.comSeven Super Tips on Creating a Character• Constructing your story’s main character• How to create a character’s background• Build character by looking at his values• Show rather than tell a character’s personality• Ways to sh…

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inventingrealityediting.comDon’t Leave Reader in Fog with Vague DescriptionsAs a storyteller, you want to draw readers into your tale so that they vicariously live out the action. One way to achieve that is by providing evocative descriptions of the setting or action.…

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inventingrealityediting.comQuick Tip: Don’t smother writing with your red penSometimes writers sabotage their own stories by ensuring every sentence is grammatically correct, as if they were turning it in to their middle school English teacher. Read through many of the…

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My new story “Funny Thing About The Hands…” just dropped on Uncharted Magazine! I’m so excited to be part of this publication! @unchartedmag.bsky.social www.unchartedmag.com/stories/funn...

unchartedmag.comFunny Thing About the Hands… - UnchartedI visited the peat bog just before dawn, when the morning fog was still heavy, hovering over the carpet of peat like a damp blanket. Earlier that morning, I’d noticed peat dried and nailed to the wind...

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inventingrealityediting.com9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View• Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a st…

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My story, "The Gin Drinker", appears in issue #73 of @umbrellafactory.bsky.social magazine. If you're a fan of Bukowski, bars, gin, poker, brawls, lowlifes, etc. then this story is for you. #booksky #amwriting #author #writingcommunity #Bukowski umbrellafactorymagazine.com#issue-73-jun...

umbrellafactorymagazine.comUMBRELLA FACTORY MAGAZINE – Read. Submit. Tell everyone you know. Stay dry.

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inventingrealityediting.comGive Your Story Oomph! with Narrative DriveEver read a story before bed and find it so gripping that you stay up far later than you should just to find out what is going to happen? If so, you’ve been a “victim” of narrative drive.Narra…

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inventingrealityediting.comHow to tell your story in four stagesTelling a story requires taking your protagonist through a series of stages in which he resolves the central problem that set the tale in motion. Here’s a set of articles about those stages:• …

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inventingrealityediting.com12 Plot Pitfalls – And How to Rescue Your Story from Them• Shoo the rhinoceros out of your the room• Delete authorisms• Crack a joke – but only for a good reasonUnfortunately, a lot of novice writers don’t quite know when to inject humor into their ficti…

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inventingrealityediting.com11 Tips to Choosing the Right Point of View• What is point of view in a story? Every story has an angle or perspective from which it is told. This perspective is called point of view.• Heighten tension with consistent point of view Selectin…

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inventingrealityediting.comNine ways to show a character’s personalityVirtually infinite ways exist to show a character’s personality, but all should follow one simple, guiding principle: It must reveal and be grounded in the character’s motivations, that is, wh…

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inventingrealityediting.comFour writing prompts: ResistanceGood stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from overcoming suppression. Here are four writing prompts for sto…

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inventingrealityediting.comHow to Find Time to Write Your Next BookIf you want to be a published writer, you’ll need to write regularly. After all, you can’t publish a novel, a short story or a how-to book if you haven’t finished it.That’s easier said than do…

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inventingrealityediting.com5 Tips for the Writing Process• Follow a “process” when writing your story• The “thinking step” when writing your book• Drafting: Write on paper or type on computer? • Draft rare…

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inventingrealityediting.comGreat tips for placing photos in your ebookWhen formatting your ebook, photos are a must if you’ve written nonfiction. Pictures, maps and illustrations can add value to your book in a number of ways and unlike a paper book, won’t drive…

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inventingrealityediting.comMastering Story Openings: Key Tips for Captivating ReadersUnlock the secrets to captivating storytelling with tips on openings, point of view, and engaging readers from the first page.

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inventingrealityediting.comWhat is a scene and a vignette in fiction?A major division of a story is a scene, in which a dramatic action occurs, usually involving the same characters at a single locale. Stories typically consist of several scenes, all of which corres…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting Prompt: Out-of-Place CharacterSuffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Place a person you know in …

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inventingrealityediting.comHow to Finally Finish Your Languishing NovelMany writers have unfinished novels and short stories sitting on their hard drives or as printouts in a desk drawer. Often coming up with a story idea isn’t a problem, but finding the time or …

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inventingrealityediting.comWatch for consistency errors in your storyAs a novelist or short story writer, among your chief goals is to establish and maintain a fictional dream, which occurs when readers actually feel like they are experiencing what is being rea…

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LibraryThing sat down this month with author Lisa Unger / @lisaunger.bsky.social in order to discuss her new novel, "Served Him Right," a work of suspense that is due out from Park Row Books. #💙📚 #Booksky

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inventingrealityediting.comFour Writing Prompts: Wrongly AccusedGood stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when someone who is innocent must prove so. Here are four writing …

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inventingrealityediting.comYour writing is a textual painting of the worldWriting is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

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inventingrealityediting.comUse Journaling to Develop Plots for StoriesOne good way to come up with plot ideas is to journal about your personal problem.While journaling about an issue is a worthy writing exercise simply for catharsis, modifying how you journal l…

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inventingrealityediting.com8 Tips to Make Your Writing More Vivid• Don’t leave reader in fog with vague descriptions• Use concrete details• Examples of “concrete details”• Use sensory details rather than internalized ones• Appeal to sense of so…

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inventingrealityediting.comCenter on internal flaw for compelling storyTo make a story more compelling, consider structuring it around an internal flaw in the main character. An internal flaw is some personal trait that makes a character less than perfect – perha…

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inventingrealityediting.comWhen I Reach for My Pen, Nothing is Out of ReachThe very act of writing is a testament that anything is possible.Writing brings reality to what we cannot now do: the technology to travel to other solar systems; use of magical potions to imm…

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inventingrealityediting.comYour first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreamsYou dream of being a published author. Achieving that dream necessitates, of course, that you first have a novel, a short story, or a nonfiction book that can be published.Forget about editing, for…

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inventingrealityediting.comEnsure descriptive writing serves a purposeWhen creating your story’s setting or explaining what your characters are doing, you’ll need to use imagery. Imagery is necessary to move along the plot and to create tone. You even can c…

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inventingrealityediting.comDon’t Fully Commit Protagonist in Opening SceneTypically when a story starts, there is an out-of-whack event, an upsetting of the status quo that the main character must deal with. How the main character addresses this event forms the bulk…

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inventingrealityediting.comStory elements work together as organic wholeNo part of your story exists in isolation. They are merely a component of a greater whole; just as walls and a roof disconnected from its foundation would collapse, so also will your story if each …

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inventingrealityediting.com12 tips for revising your own manuscriptDuring the process of writing your novel or nonfiction book, you’ll probably spend a lot of time revising the manuscript. Catching every error in one reading is unlikely, but you can reduce th…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriters write for the same reasons readers readSince the beginning of recorded history, people used stories to make sense of all that is. Ancient myths and epics often “explained” how something in nature originated or how to handle moral dilemm…

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inventingrealityediting.comFour Writing Prompts: Finding MeaningGood stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from seeking a life that is grander or purposeful. Here are four w…

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inventingrealityediting.comDon’t Overdescribe in Text Surrounding DialogueToo many details in the text surrounding dialogue can distract readers from what the characters say. This common dialogue mistake may seem to have less to with what is spoken than the words ar…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting Prompt: Go Down Another RoadSuffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Should you find your story …

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting Inspiration: What are your intentions?What are your individual intentions? That is, what do you most deeply hope to accomplish in life? To live true to your values? To be at peace with the person you are? To inspire others to find sere…

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inventingrealityediting.comTighten writing by not countersinkingOne way for an author to slow a story is to employ “countersinking.” A term coined by science fiction writer Lewis Shiner, countersinking involves making explicit the very actions that the story im…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting Prompt: Let It GoSuffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Many writers use journaling…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting Prompt: Tell what you feel/desire/needSuffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: If undergoing a period of person…

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inventingrealityediting.comBuild character by looking at his valuesSuccessfully building a character in a story almost always is the one challenge a writer absolutely must get right. It’s also often the most difficult challenge facing any writer.To create a c…

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inventingrealityediting.comConsider using episodic fiction plot structureOne powerful way to write a novel is episodically. Called episodic fiction, it breaks from the traditional introduction-rising action-climax story structure by presenting an anthology of brief stor…

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inventingrealityediting.comWriting inspiration: Model a storyModeling the stories (or chapters) of a favorite author forces you to think about how a story is structured and the characters developed, making writing of your own stories easier later on. Select …

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"Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head." - Mike Rich Good luck with your writing & editing, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity

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inventingrealityediting.comStart your story in middle to increase suspenseAn old but apt writing adage goes “Start your story in the middle.” That is, rather than give background information about how the story’s main conflict came to be, instead start it by droppin…

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inventingrealityediting.comEmbrace Your Writing Journey: Tips for Self-MotivationUnlock your writing potential by embracing the right mindset. Discover how motivation can elevate your creative journey today!