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Sin #22: Quantity over quality “It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.” Mahatma Gandhi Now I can’t speak for God, but as a reader I can definitely confirm the above statement is…

Sin #21: To swear or not to swear… Now I for one don’t swear, I don’t smoke and I certainly don’t drink alcohol. Oh shit, I left my cigs in the pub. Now if you can’t forgive me for that…

Sin #20: Same ol’, same ol’ The only one of a kind, one in a million, different from all others…not likely, but that doesn’t mean you have to fall in with the rest of the crowd. While a lot of…

Sin #19: Spoiling the surprise I’m a great fan of a good twist ending. I felt the need to add the word ‘good’ in that first sentence because there are so many endings out there that rely on solely on…

Sin #18: Lots of things beginning with S Ok, S is an excellent letter…not only does Steven start with an S – but so do fun words such as sun, sea, sex, and most words uttered by a Yorkshire man…

Sin #17: Ignoring the dramatic arc Dramatic structure crops up in all works of fiction. The structure of any story will follow a rough outline, or pyramid in this case. This outline device has been analysed to death over the…

Sin #16: Unanswered questions Plot, just like real life, is complicated at best. There is no such thing as a simple plot, and if there is…yeesh what a boring book that must be! Even Spot books like to throw a…

Sin #15: You said that she said that I said that he… First, second, third? Third person limited, objective, omniscient or subjective? Alternating POV? And that’s before you even write the first word! Which POV of view to use is…