Tag: novel writing
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4 Ways to Handle Foreign Languages in Fiction
When a character in your story speaks a foreign language, should you write it out in that language, or in English? How can you make the dialogue sound exotic without confusing the reader? These are tricky questions. Foreign languages can lend your characters and locations a more exotic flair, and even increase the dramatic tension…
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Don’t Kill Your Pitch: 5 Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Story
Nervous about pitching your work to an editor or literary agent? Just avoid these five deal-breaking mistakes and you’ll put yourself well ahead of the competition.
LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON 