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Writer’s Helpig Hand #7
          
          If you don’t put your work out there for other to read and review then how will you know for sure if it will be successful or not? We all have a sense of hatred for our work, thinking it can be predictable and what not but that’s because *we wrote it*!
          
          I guarantee that it is so much better than you’re giving yourself credit for.

Writer’s Helping Hand #6
          
          Your. Writing. Is. Better. Than. You. Think. It. Is.

Writer’s Helping Hand #5
          
          You can edit a bad draft but not a blank page. You might hate what you write but you have to keep going because it will turn out to be a masterpiece once you come back and edit. Just hang in there and keep pushing forward!!

Writer’s Helping Hand #4
          
          Please stop switching POVs continuously. Seriously. It’s very annoying and if a reader isn’t paying attention, it can lead to confusion. If you do, make it an obvious change by making a bigger paragraph break than normal and make sure your readers can tell who is speaking.
          
          Also, I forgot if I said this or not but please use paragraph breaks holy shit. It makes your book/story much easier to read.

Writer’s Helping hand #3
          
          You know when you say “the taller girl stood up”, “the blonde said”, etc? Well most times when you think it sounds weird, that’s because it is. Just say the characters names. It actually sounds more normal to the reader than you might think but don’t over do it.
          
          (I have a bad habit of saying identifying traits more than I should haha)

Writer’s Helping Hand #2
          
          If you put “I suck at summaries lol”, “the story is better than the simmary”, “Read to find out what happens”, etc, that like an instant reader turn off. There’s a place to put summaries FOR A REASON. That’s what ultimately attracts 70% of your readers.
          
          Correct grammar and punctuation are also essential in summaries. If a reader sees bad grammar they are more likely not to read it.

Writers Helping Hand #1
          
          Break up your paragraphs!! Readers get hella scared seeing big chunks of text and will sometimes stop reading because of it. Break it up a little bit and smooth it out some.

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