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Welcome to Fiction Factor
The Online Magazine For Fiction Writers

Every month we will feature tips on writing better fiction, articles on improving your writing, tips on fiction writing, learn to write a novel and get stories published, promoting and marketing your fiction and much more!

You can browse some of our writing categories by using the drop-down menu above, or if you prefer, you can use the navigation links at the bottom of this page.

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Featured in this issue:

 Writing Articles - Browse through our rapidly growing 'fiction writing' article archives today. And be sure to come back often - we're always updating and adding even more articles to help you jumpstart your writing career!  

This week's writing articles are:

Planning A Heart-Stopping Story
by Holly Lisle
You've learned how to use blended scenes, intercuts, and cliffhangers to work both themes and subthemes into your work. You have great conflict waiting to happen. What do you do next?

Short Story Writing - Don't Waste Your Words On Wasted Words!
By Steve Dempster
The short story market often demands tight word counts from the writer. Here are some tips on how to keep that word count under control!

Create Vivid, Memorable Characters - Breathe Life into Your Fictional People
By Lucia Zimmitti
If your readers don't care about your characters, you're sunk. Readers don't necessarily have to like all of your characters, but they have to care about what happens to your main character, or there's no reason for them to keep reading.

 Writing Courses

How to Beat Writer's Block - and Have Fun Writing from Now On!
Have you ever wanted to shut out your pesky Inner Critic and just enjoy the pure creativity of writing? It's easier than you think - once you know how. Presented by a best-selling author of more than 30 published novels, Holly Lisle will guide you through breaking Writer's Block, re-connecting with your Muse, learn to get past what was stalling you in the first place and enjoy writing again.
Click Here for your course and your bonuses!: http://tinyurl.com/26uy95

Romance Writing Course.
Increase your chances of writing a great romance manuscript and having it accepted for publication. Join our romance course today and launch your romance writing career! (This link will take you to Romance Factor)

 Interviews

Interview with Marta Stephens
Terry W. Ervin II interviews crime suspense/mystery author Marta Stephens.

 Bookstore


We've searched the world for only the very best resource books for writers. You'll find everything from 'how-to write' books to market guides and much more!

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 Fiction Factor Forum

We now have our own forum! Come and join our writer's community. Ask questions, tell others about your writing triumphs, post links to your favorite writing sites, or just meet other writers.

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 Sister Sites

Fiction Factor is also the home to 9 sister sites, each focusing on a specific fiction writing niche. Here you'll find descriptions of and links to Romance Factor, Sci-Fi Factor, Horror Factor, Fantasy Factor, Erotica Factor, Short-Fiction Factor, Children's Fiction Factor, Freelance Factor and Christian Fiction Factor.

 Market Listings - Listings of markets from around the world, including E-publishers, contests and anthologies, fiction and non-fiction market places, and paying Poetry Market listings. We are constantly updating this section, so come back often to see if any new markets have appeared.


Add a Market Listing - If you would like to add your paying market listing, contest or E-publishing company to our growing Market Lists, then please read this page. We will try to update the list within 48 hours.

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This site was last updated on 28th October 2008


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