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Articles by Victory Crayne

Character Mapping for More Sales Success by Victory Crayne. How to create more richly developed characters.
Why Beginning Writers Have So Much Difficulty Gaining Success by Victory Crayne. Why so many rejections.
Critique to Help the Author, not Yourself by Victory Crayne. How to succeed in a critique group.
Are You Doing Your Dream Job? by Victory Crayne. Take out a sheet of paper and figure it out.
How to Critique Fiction by Victory Crayne. A thorough guide to critiquing your own work and that of others.
What to Add in Drafts to Make Your Story Sell Better by Victory Crayne. How to revise a story or novel to enhance its appeal.
Career Plan for Fiction Writers: by Victory Crayne. Why learn from Hard Knocks University?
Writing Your First Novel: by Victory Crayne. For those who are starting out.
How to Grow Your Fiction Writing Skills: by Victory Crayne.
How to Succeed in an Online Writing Workshop: by Victory Crayne. Guidelines for those who are fascinated by the idea of joining a writing workshop on the Internet and want to know how to get started.
How to Punctuate, Use Tags, and Vary the Structure of Your Dialogue: by Victory Crayne. Guidelines for writing lively dialogue while punctuating correctly.
The Use of Dashes: by Victory Crayne. Guidelines for the proper use of hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes.
Copy Editing Versus Content Editing: by Victory Crayne. Why a good content editor is more important than a copy editor.
Copyright Infringement (A Case Study): by Victory Crayne. What to do if someone publishes your material as his or her own.
Why You Need a Professional Editor BEFORE You Try to Sell Your Novel: by Victory Crayne. Before your risk your efforts and money on publishing your book, you owe it to yourself to have it professionally edited. It can make the difference between trying to sell a rough cut rock that YOU think is a diamond versus trying to sell a cut, polished, gorgeous gem.
Getting Started Writing a Memoir: by Victory Crayne. If you are struggling with how to begin writing a memoir, check out this one-page quick guide.
Book on Self-Publishing Companies: by Victory Crayne. If you are considering using a Print-on-Demand (POD) self-publishing company, you owe it to yourself to get Mark Levine's book 'The Fine Print of Self-Publishing.'

It's a small investment to gain a valuable education before you invest your money. The first five chapters will inform you what to be aware of in contracts. A poor choice of company could cost you sales of your book by being overpriced, loss of royalties on your book, and a contract you'll have difficulty getting out of. A good choice of company will repay your investment in this book very quickly.

Other Articles

Hardcore Critique Advice: by Amy Sterling Casil
How to Cope with Critiquing: by Rich Hamper: Critiquing from the viewpoints of both the critic and the author.
Comma Usage - Special Excerpt From The Little Gold Grammar Book by Brandon Royal.pdf: A thorough sets of lessons on the usage of commas. Reprinted by permission of the author Brandon Royal.
Turkey City Lexicon: Containing SF critique terms to know and live by.
Writing Resources: Sources to learn more about writing, including links to many writing web sites.
Quotations on Writing: Inspiring quotations to stimulate your Muse.
Writing Quotations: Quotations on the subject of writing, getting published, editors and publishers, and critics. Perhaps you will find an inspiration or two here.

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