FDF #9: Skeletons in Your Plot
Don’t have time (or the will) to create detailed book outlines in advance? Paranormal romance/urban fantasy author Steffanie Holmes will share her skeleton draft method. Steff writes a first draft for a book in a few days without any kind of plan or outline.
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FDF #8: Flawed Heroes & Virtuous Villains
Bestselling British crime and thriller author Andy Maslen discusses the art of creating complex, believable, three-dimensional characters, starting with your protagonist and antagonist.
Read MoreFDF #7: The turn-key technique to creating memorable characters
Where do you start when creating characters for a new book or series that your readers will love? Veteran authors Judith Lucci and Fiona Quinn — who have more than 40 bestsellers between them — discuss a little-known technique they use to harness memory, sensory perception and logic to build engrossing characters and scenes.
Read MoreFDF #6: The secret sauce of great editing
What are the benefits of working with a professional book editor? Jason Kirk and Charlie Holmberg discuss how good editors can teach authors to “fish” and improve their self-editing skills with each succeeding manuscript. Jason is the award-winning editor of 100+ books with 20 years of editing and publishing experience.
Read MoreFDF #5: Productivity tips for authors
Legal thriller author Robin James has a special superpower: writing through distractions. She and Danielle offer tips on how to be more productive with your writing and how to power your way to success.
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This plan includes: Marlowe’s Pro Report includes: Sample Reports What’s the difference between a Basic and Pro report? Both reports contain feedback on your novel’s readability, dialogue vs narrative percentage, repetitive phrases, adverbs and adjectives, and use of clichés and explicit words. The Pro report also contains analysis of the pacing, beats and structure of
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Marlowe Basic The Marlowe Basic Plan gives aspiring authors a free manuscript analysis report to help tune up their novel. What’s inside Marlowe Basic Marlowe Basic users can run manuscripts at no cost. Our AI will analyze your work for its readability, dialogue vs. narrative ratio, use of clichés, repetitive phrases, explicit words, frequently used
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