Planning:

• Outlines: Why They Help^Posted

• Characters: Pick your Poison^Posted

• Protagonists: Check How They Fit

• Antagonist(s): Add as Needed

• Supporting Characters: Not Sprinkles

• Settings: Stop Floating Character Syndrome

• Conflict: You Need It

• POV: First, Second, Third, and More

• Genres: Tiny Helpers   

• Research: Do It  

• Schedules: Write in Blood    

• En Media Res: You Don’t have to Start at the Beginning

• Themes: Not the Moral of the Story

• Format: That’s One Fine Stor

• Fic Type: Songfics, Watch the Lyrics

• Fic Type: YouFics, Your and Your Bias

• Fic Type: Adaption of [Insert] Fic

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Writing:

• Titles: First Impressions

• Descriptions: Second Impression

• Font: The Next Thing Noticed

• Foreword: Second Date, Aye or Nay

• Prologues: Most People do it Wrong

• Epilogues: Sweet Closure

• Write: Just Write

• Cliches and Tropes: Embrace Them

• Writing Style: Your Signature

• Formatting: Dress Your Tex

• POV: Caution Multiple Narrators

• Chapter Titles: Varies by Author

• Spelling: Spellcheck is Not Enough

• Grammar: Not Thy Enemy

• Description: Ye Olde Show Don’t Tell

• Dialogue: What They Said

• Syntax: More Advice How to Write  

• Author Notes: Why Use Them

• Characters: Limit the Cast

• Characters: Writing an OC 

• Characters: Perfection is too Much  

• Characters: No Two Alike

• Characters: Push them off a Cliff

• Ships: How to Sail Them

• Flashbacks: Their Use

• Cliffhangers: Not every Chapter 

• Subplots: The Sprinkles on Top

• Plot Twist: Riding a Rollercoaster

• Fillers: Should never be Pointless

• Endings: Open or Closed Casket

• Writer’s Block: Hit it with a Bludger  

• Rules: There’s Exceptions

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Editing:

• Proof Read: First Drafts (Always)

• Edit: The More the Merrier

• Betas: A Writer’s Savior

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Misc:

• Graphics: Nice but Unnecessary

• Layouts: Use Sparingly  

• Reviewers: Friend or Foe