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What To Do When Your Book Jumps the Shark

litreactor.com What To Do When Your Book Jumps the Shark Sometimes a story can get away from its author, going places it never should have dared. What can the author do to pull it back in and make it (hopefully) good again?

The Mini-Guide To Writing Sex For Your Genre

litreactor.com The Mini-Guide To Writing Sex For Your Genre There are approximately a zillion questions to consider when it comes to the craft of sex in fiction. One of the most important being: Does your intended audience expect, crave, or even allow sex?

They’re All Going To Laugh At You!: 5 Ways To Overcome Anxiety While Writing Your First Novel

litreactor.com They’re All Going To Laugh At You!: 5 Ways To Overcome Anxiety While Writing Your First Novel Ah, do the first novel blues have you biting your nails and tearing out clumps of hair? Hopefully this listicle will help you find a little balance.

Why A Little Writing Jealousy Is Healthy

litreactor.com Why A Little Writing Jealousy Is Healthy Every writer has felt it—that twinge of jealousy when you read a sentence so perfect, it makes you angry that you didn't think of it first.

9 Ways To Punch Rejection In The Nuts—A Positive Outlook

litreactor.com 9 Ways To Punch Rejection In The Nuts—A Positive Outlook What are your odds of rejection as a writer? High! High as a motherfucking kite, my friend. This is a motivational piece, by the way.

Writing the Crime Scene: Dead Bodies

litreactor.com Writing the Crime Scene: Dead Bodies This is a basic guide for crime fiction writers including research tips and links. This months topic is 'dead bodies'.

5 Story Opening Clichés That Need to Die

litreactor.com 5 Story Opening Clichés That Need to Die Here's why your dumb story keeps getting rejected.

A How-To (and Why) Guide for Writing in a Retro Layout

litreactor.com A How-To (and Why) Guide for Writing in a Retro Layout 80s nostalgia is everywhere, it seems, but there's a solid reason to capture its essence in your writing environment.

6 Tips For Cleaning Up Your Dirty Words (Grammatically, Of Course)

litreactor.com 6 Tips For Cleaning Up Your Dirty Words (Grammatically, Of Course) You don’t want your expletives to be too dirty. I mean, the fun kind of dirty, yes, but dirty, lousy with grammar and punctuation mistakes? No fuckin’ way.

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