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    Character Building: Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing

    Sue Coletta

    Why is Justified, the TV show, justified in fiction writing? Your characters are what your story is all about, right? Without a character there can be no story. So, why do some writers…

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    Murder Blog Make-over & A fiction writing challenge for YOU!

    MURDER BLOG has a whole new look! As most of you know, I’m taking the Blogging 201 challenge.  The last few days it has been all about redesigning your blog to make it…

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    Blogging 201, Day One: Branding & Growth

    Why do I blog?  I initially started my blog for exposure.  While researching literary agents I discovered how important a strong social media presence was, not just for non-fiction writers but for fiction writers…

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    Verb tenses in fiction writing, POV, Point of view of narration in fiction

    Verb tenses in fiction writing are confusing, at least they were for me.  Hence, why I’m writing this post.  I’m hoping I can help, and not confuse you more 🙂 Let’s sidestep for…

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    Freytag's Pyramid in Fiction Writing, Rejection Letters, What not to do on your blog/website

    Lately I’ve come across several blogs and websites used solely for a place to complain.  We, as writers, deal with rejection all the time. Rejection is hard.  When that agent/editor/publisher tells you they are going…

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    Showing structuring: scene, sequel, and MRUs in a novel

    So many people enjoyed my recent post, The Importance of MRUs that I thought I’d show you large-and-small-scale structuring of a scene and sequel using MRUs.  Actually, I got the most followers from that post.…

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    The importance of MRUs

    Sue Coletta

    Before I get into today’s post let me tell you where I’m coming from. I’ve been writing most of my life. Even as a pre-teen I could always write better than I could…

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Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer and member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. In addition to her award-winning Murder Blog, she also blogs on the Kill Zone (Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers"), Writers Helping Writers, and Story Empire (Positive Writer's "Top 50 Writing Blogs"). Sue's backlist includes psychological thrillers and true crime/narrative nonfiction. Now, she exclusively writes eco-thrillers (The Mayhem Series, books 5-9 & continuing). She's appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Links to her newsletter and books can be found here: https://linktr.ee/suecoletta Email: sue(at)suecoletta(dot)com

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