If you are pitching your story in any context, the basics of your pitch are: - likeable character - problem the character faces - stakes for the character - the character's plan If you're missing any of those things, no amount of zany antics, cool magic system, or scary

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Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: If you sell books at a convention/fair/whatever, most cities, counties, states require you pay sales taxes and maybe need a license. Look it up under special event sales tax in the local area before you do it.

Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: If you can't figure out marketing to KDP/Amazon, don't feel alone. There are entire careers dedicated to that, and Amazon constantly changes its model/algorithms to prevent people from figuring it out. Just do your best.

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Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: Overuse of ellipses, em-dashes, semicolons, colons, or anything really, is worse than not using them at all. Especially if you aren't using them correctly. In fact, some of the most enjoyable stories are made of simple sentences.

I’m only going to say this once: anyone who trusts what an AI says is a fool.

Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: Eyes searching the dark, eyes following someone down the street, eyes moving up and down someone's body, eyes rolling... "autonomous" body parts (hands, feet, tongue, eyes, lips, etc.) can ruin a story.

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Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: To the best of my knowledge, anyplace that says that if you pay them, they will get your book into the bookstores is a scam. Very few publishers are capable of that, and they will pay the author, not charge them. Be careful.

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Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: Impersonal rejection letters can be hard. To get some insight, take a moment to go to the KWP website here: knightwritingpress.com/faq/ and scroll down to Why did you reject my story? and Why did I get an impersonal “form rejection?”

Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: There is not a lot of GOOD writing advice out there. There is mostly advice that works for some but not others. Don't hurt yourself forcing something that doesn't work for you. Try it then try something else. Do what works for you.

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Sam Knight's #writingtips for new authors: Write what you know doesn't mean you have to write about school or trucking, it means pour your heartaches, love, desires, and passions into your stories. Maybe you'll teach the reader something about smelting along the way.