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Discover some of the writing tips from Wattpad Star and formerly featured author of 'Trapped'.

I  have completed my share of beta reads and critiques for new authors on and off Wattpad and many of the points I have noted are often repeats - something that I used to find in my own writing as well, but have stopped (or tried to stop) over the years. 

It's hard starting out, but it's even harder when no one points out your mistakes. I hope you will find this guide useful to detect some of those problem areas and pick up tips on how to avoid common mistakes. Writing is an art and takes practice. There is no corner cutting - you can only improve if you keep at it.

Interested? Well, then let's explore some of the common traps I've seen...All Rights Reserved

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Secrets of Snowberry High by FictousWriter

New to town Lanely Hill finds out that what she thought to be the beginning of a new life was nothing short of a fleeting dream. Lanely quickly finds out that there's more to Snowberry High that then what it appears, Being thrown right into the eye of the storm of Mysteries, Lies, and Supernatural events she's determined to discover the hidden secrets that Snowberry holds.

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" ඇයි අයියෙ ඔයා කොයි වෙලෙත් මාව සුදු අරලිය මලකට සමාන කරන්නෙ.." මං අයියගෙ මූන දිහා බලන් අහනකොට එයා මගෙ ඇස් දෙක දිහා බැලුවා.. මගෙ අයියගෙ මූනෙ ඇඳිලා තිබ්බෙ හරි ලස්සන නිවිච්ච හිනාවක්.. " ම්ම්ම් මොකද මගෙ චූටි මහත්තයා මට සුදු අරලිය මලක් නිසා.." " අනේ.. හේතුව කියන්නකො අයියේ.." මං කියනකොට අයියා අරලිය ගහට හේත්තු වෙන ගමන් ඇස් පියාගෙන හොඳ හුස්මක් ගත්තා.. මේ අරලිය මල් සුවඳ මගෙ හිත නිවනවා වගේම එයාගෙ හිතත් නිවනවා ඇති.. මමත් ඇස් පියාගෙන අයියගෙ පපුවට හේත්තු වුනේ හීතල හුලඟත් එක්ක එන මගෙ ආසම අරලිය මල් සුවඳ විඳින ගමන්.. " සයාෂ් දන්නවද.." " අරලිය මලට තියෙන්නෙ වෙන කිසිම මලකට නැති හරි අමුතුම සුවඳක්.." " ඒ සුවඳ මගෙ හිත නිවනවා.." " හරියට ඔයා මගේ හිත නිවනවා වගේ.." ඒකද මම තේව් අයියගෙ සුදු අරලිය මල වුනේ.. අයියගෙ පපුව ගැහෙන රිද්මයට කන් දෙන ගමන්ම මම එයාගෙ ඇස් දිහා බැලුවා..

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Eddie on the Edge of Everything cover

My spirituality journal cover

Moony, Padfoot, and Prongslet

Harry Potter was born into a rough time in the Wizarding Community. Lord Voldemort was in power and far too few could match his strength. Harry had been prophesied to be the one with the power to bring down the Dark Lord, ultimately causing Harry to lose both of his parents at the mere age of one. Harry, for his own safety as decided by Professor Dumbledore, was sent to live with his mother's sister and her family. The Dursley's, a notoriously boring and conformative family, were perfectly happy with their perfect, simple lives before Harry was introduced. His mother and aunt did not get along, Harry's mother being "strange" for being a witch. Hence, Harry was treated terribly by his own blood. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, long time friends of Harry's father, James, finally found Harry with the Dursley's. They believed that Harry belonged with them, Sirius being his Godfather and rightful guardian. This is the story of how they stole Harry away from his horrid life with the Dursley's and gave him the life that he deserved, a life with the two people who loved him the most.