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The inciting incident is the best way to capture your reader’s interest hook, line, and story-telling sinker within the first part of your book. Sounds pretty exciting and important, doesn’t it? Let’s take a closer look. What is an inciting incident? The inciting incident is the pivotal moment in all...

Quantitative research methods gather quantifiable data to investigate one or more research questions and hypotheses. Numerical and statistical data offers researchers unbiased, factual evidence from which to draw their conclusions based on mathematical and computational analysis. In addition to numerical...

Feeling stuck when writing is normal. It is part of the ebb and flow of the creative process. But similar to insomnia, in which the more you try to relax, the more you worry about not sleeping, feeling stuck when trying to get your story out can lead to a vicious cycle of writer’s block. We all know...

Metaphor and personification are designed to convey something more than a literal meaning in your writing. In other words, rather than saying what you mean, you use a figure of speech like a metaphor or personification that makes the language sound more elaborate. This can add a lot of flavour, life...

You’ve spent a good chunk of time writing your book, having it edited, revising it, sending it to beta readers, revising again, editing again, and repeat. Now you’ve typed the last two words: The End. What happens next? Hint: it involves more writing. It’s the book blurb. The saying goes, “Don’t judge...