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“When you want to move readers excitedly along, keep your sentences short and crisp. If you’re describing a languid trip down a lazy river, however, allow your sentence lengths to match that slower pace.” David A. Fryxell

Data and Insights from an RR Experiment (Yes, I am presenting this as a research paper. It's the closest I'll ever get to my own academic publication.) Abstract/Summary I posted Volume I (40 chapters) of a planned four-volume series on Royal Road as free serialized fiction. My main goals were...

New blog post by Jake E Dems the rulez Once again, I find myself writing about an argument I stumbled upon on X (Can’t they agree on anything over there?) and I just had to offer my thoughts on it in case anyone was interested. The argument in question? Writing rules, do they have a point...

‘Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.' Anne McCaffrey

Hi there, amazing to have found this place - I'm hoping to get some advice... I have written a novel, Life's Journey with the Occasional Alien, and really could use some fresh eyes on it to give me some honest opinions. Please feel free to drop me a line. Roy