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Writing Tips - Masterpost

From someone with a degree in this sort of thing (the writing and editing, that is).

I've had a list of tips kicking around for the longest time, from way back in my earliest days of hanging out on Fanfiction.net and reading fanfiction day in and day out. I've also read a lot (and I mean a lot) of published fiction in my time, as well as studying at college how to write better fiction and then edit it, for myself and others. So I can't help but notice things crop up in fiction I read online.

And, as usual, what is a Tumblr for if not throwing my opinion on the internet?

So I present to you my list of Writing Tips. Some will be geared predominantly toward fanfiction, but I will try to apply most, if not all, of the entries toward general fiction where I can.

And as with anything an editor tells a writer, ultimately it's up to you whether or not you take my advice. You do you.

The entries are now linked below, and this list will continue to be updated each time I add another writing tip in the future.

1. The Dictionary

2. The Thesaurus

3. Common Word Mix-Ups

4. Beta Readers

5. Google Can Help (checking foreign words)

6. Punctuation

7. Dialogue Tags

8. Show Don't Tell

9. Accents

10. Tense (past, present, future)

11. Points of View (first, second, third, limited vs. omniscient)

12. Purple Prose

13. Research

14. Keep Notes and Reread

15. Constructive Criticism

16. Breaking the Rules