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Ten Little
 Writing
   Tips
Shared with Love
#1 Show, Don’t
     Tell

Paint a mental picture.
#2 Use Descriptive
      Words
 This goes along with #1.
#3 Vary Sentence
Length

  Your words will flow
  better and your writing
  won’t sound monotonous.
#4 Keep a Diary
You’ll be surprised how many
everyday events can be woven
         into a story.
#5 Increase Your
  Vocabulary
#6 It’s Okay to Change
       Your Mind
(rewrite if you want or have to)
(a good list is always ready to be
  turned into a piece of writing)
#8 Make the Thesaurus
 Your New Best Friend
It’s an invaluable tool that gives you many
 alternative options to say the same thing
     without having to repeat yourself.
#9 Write First, Then
       Edit

  (never simultaneously -
you’ll get bogged down and
          stalled)
#10 Edit, Edit, Edit
Don’t fall in love with your first draft.
 Trim until you think you can’t possibly
         trim any more words.
We hope you’ve enjoyed these
  ten little tips and found
 them helpful. Please visit
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Ten Little Writing Tips

  • 1. Ten Little Writing Tips Shared with Love
  • 2. #1 Show, Don’t Tell Paint a mental picture.
  • 3. #2 Use Descriptive Words This goes along with #1.
  • 4. #3 Vary Sentence Length Your words will flow better and your writing won’t sound monotonous.
  • 5. #4 Keep a Diary You’ll be surprised how many everyday events can be woven into a story.
  • 6. #5 Increase Your Vocabulary
  • 7. #6 It’s Okay to Change Your Mind (rewrite if you want or have to)
  • 8. (a good list is always ready to be turned into a piece of writing)
  • 9. #8 Make the Thesaurus Your New Best Friend It’s an invaluable tool that gives you many alternative options to say the same thing without having to repeat yourself.
  • 10. #9 Write First, Then Edit (never simultaneously - you’ll get bogged down and stalled)
  • 11. #10 Edit, Edit, Edit Don’t fall in love with your first draft. Trim until you think you can’t possibly trim any more words.
  • 12. We hope you’ve enjoyed these ten little tips and found them helpful. Please visit ebookreviewgal.com for your book promoting needs.