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Here are some helpful hints to improve the grammar, and thus the flow, of your writing. It’s, Its      It’s-Contraction of ‘it is’ or ‘it has’      Example: ‘It’s Tuesday today.’      Its-Possessive adjective/pronoun of it      Example: ‘The beast roared angrily. Its claws glinted in the moonlight as it stepped closer.’ Your, You’re      Your-The possessive form of ‘you’      Example: ‘Is that your bag?’      You’re-Contraction of ‘you are’ or ‘you were’      Example: ‘You’re going to the ballgame, right?’

Staging in Regards to Writing Setting up your scene, whether it be for a novel, short story or a script is an important aspect of writing a believable and understandable story. Staging is sort of like the layout of your world. It is imperative that the reader understand where setting(s) is, where the character(s) is coming from, going to, directions, names of places, and where people/things/places are in relation to one another. Good staging: Below I have provided an example of a written excerpt with good staging. Example: Sally stood in the middle of the mall, wondering where the food court was. Looking at the mall map towering before h

How to Write About Werewolves There are a lot of stories out there about Werewolves. But not too many of them make their characters “touchable” or “human”. The characters are usually so out of touch with their humanity that the reader really cannot connect with the character. That happens to be one of the main sticking points. How can I make my Werewolf more human? Werewolves cannot remember their moonlit feedings when they are in human form. They are still human yet it is not very obvious that they have an “issue”. They still have the ability to love, hate, etc that a human can have just that when the moon

How to Write About Vampires There are a lot of stories out there about Vampires. But not too many of them make their characters “touchable” or “human”. The characters are usually so out of touch with their humanity that the reader really cannot connect with the character. That happens to be one of the main sticking points. How can I make my Vampire more human? Well for the Vampire, don’t make them too into themselves. Vampires cannot see themselves in a mirror, so how can they be vain? Believe me, if you ever read any of the classic horror novels and do you see any vampire with the ability to see themselves in the