Blogging, Plotting and other things that end in "ing" – Writer's Toolbox

This week's 5 most interesting posts. Feel free to add more in the comment section.

Blogging

• 11 Quick Tips for Writing Compelling Posts On Your Blog – Pro-Blogger – Darren Rowse

Plotting

• How to Manipulate Your Audience Like Downton Abbey – The Write Practice – Joe Bunting

Creating conflict

• 5 Ways to Increase Conflict – Writer's Digest – Chuck Sambuchino

Writing that First Line

• Hooks, Lines and–Sinkers – Writers in the Storm – Shannon Donnelly

Professionnal editing

• The Importance of Professional Editing – Helping Writers Become Authors – K.M. Weiland

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You'll find here a list of links to articles I found useful or inspiring in the last week.  Feel free to add other links in the comment section. Enjoy!

Dialogue

• Write great dialogue scenes in 7 steps – Nail your Novel – Roz Morris
• Talk Amongst Yourselves: Realistic Dialogue – The Bookshelf Muse – Becca Puglisi
  
  

Emotions

• Donald Maass Wisdom: Cultivate Reader Interest Through Unexpected Emotions – The Bookshelf Muse – Angela Ackerman

Plot

• The 7 Basic Plots: Rebirth –  The Write Practice – Liz Bureman

A little bit of History

• Syphilis, sex and fear: How the French disease conquered the world – The Guardian – Sarah Dunant
• How to give Downton Abbey's Carson the butler a run for his money – CBC Books 

On being a writer

• Death by Comparison – The Bookshelf Muse – Becca Puglisi
• We are Makers – We are Makers – Justin Dye 
• Steve Jobs and 5 Tips for Being a Successful Author – Kristen Lamb's Blog – Kristen Lamb

 Read

• How to Read a Non-Fiction Book – Michael Hyatt Intentional Leadership – Michael Hyatt

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