watching #Godzilla vs Biollante. what an odd movie.

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thinking of William Shatner!

Trust your readers! They’ll get it! Cut half of your exposition out of your novel and I’ll bet they understand what’s going on! #amwriting #writingtips

3077 words today. Almost at 62,000 words. #amwriting #writerslife

Never underestimate the power of your own mind to come up with good stories! #amwriting #writingtips

The dreaded synopsis may be the best planning tool you have! #writingtips #amwriting

Your agent and publisher is going to want to see a synopsis for your novel - go ahead and write it now! Write a one page and three page synopsis, that way both are ready. #Writingtips #amwriting

Did you repeat this scene somewhere else in your book? Cut it! #writingtips #amwriting

The key to writing novels is to set goals - a daily word count. Sometimes life gets in the way. Don’t stress that. Use the days that you’re really writing good to get ahead of the game! #writingtips #amwriting

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Tony Franklin Here's another video of Carmine talking about you and praising you!

Want to know the secret to a productive writing day? Get enough sleep the night before! Word output on days you’re tired is usually half that of when you’re rested. #writingtips #amwriting

Every character in a mystery is a potential Red Herring! #mysterynovels #amwriting #writingtips

Does this sentence move the story forward? If not, eliminate! #amwriting #writingtips

Choose your genre well! In screenplays, the most successful ones are those that combine two genres, but that rarely works in novels. Genre determines theme, word count, pitch, and whether your novel succeeds or not! #writingtips #amwriting

Will a publisher reject your novel for too few words? The surprising answer - yes! Your book will not sell if it’s got much less pages than the books next to it on the shelves! #amwriting #writingtips

50,000 words is the absolute lowest you can go in your novels, and 110,000 is as HIGH as you can go without being rejected! Aim for 85,000 as your median word count! #amwriting #writingtips

For Scrivener users - don’t forget meta tags! You can keep track of point of view, location, date, etc!

At some point, you’re going to have to research SOMETHING for your novel! Make sure you’re checking facts and not basing your book upon urban myth! #Writingtips #amwriting

Essential tip - once you’ve made your novel template in Scrivener, now go through and add a one sentence synopsis to every scene! This is your book’s road map #writingtips #amwriting