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Writing Resources

Following is a list of writing related resources I've built up over time. I hope you find it as useful as I do. I'd love to add to my list, so if you have a favourite site please send me the link. Missing something? Let me know and I'll find some related sites. Happy writing.

Grammar
Guide to Grammar and Style
Common Homophones 
Quotation Marks
Active and Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Active Voice
English Language Idiosyncrasies
Descriptive Words

Dialogue
Dialogue Punctuation
Dialogue Tags 
Breathing Life into Dialogue

Openings
The Critical First Sentence

Conflict
Conflict 
Understanding GMC
Internal versus External Conflict

Show not Tell
Show not Tell by Shirley Jump 
Figurative Language Examples
The First Rule of Writing
Tell, Don’t Show
Show not Tell

Characters
Breathing Life into Characters
Character Traits
Creating Memorable Characters

Point of View
Point of View
An Executive Editor’s Take on Head Hopping
Head Hopping – What It Is and How to Avoid It
Deep POV 
Deep POV by Melissa James

Plotting
The Novel Notebook
How to Plot your Novel
The Snowflake Method 
The Heroes Journey

Authors/Groups with Resources
Paula Roe 
Anne Gracie
Ally Blake
Bronwyn Jameson
Lisa Gardner
Rachel Simon
Anna Jacobs
Richard Harland
Sylvie Kurtz 
Charlotte Dillon
Melbourne Romance Writers Guild

General
Fifty Writing Tools
The Craft of Writing 
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G'day & welcome to my ramblings. This is my outlet to share my successes & vent my frustrations as I follow my dream to write romance & be published. I intend to focus on all the bits of my life that weave into, get in the way of and prop me up as I try to reach my dream. So watch this space. Hopefully "Anita Joy, Harlequin's newest author" will be a post of the future.
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