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Carljoe Javier's writing tips (verbatim):

1. Show, don't tell.

2. Wh are o! writing" What are o! tring to sa"

#. Writing is an a$t o% h!bris. &ive !p to o!r h!bris.

. ae the writing worth the reader's time. With the !bi*!it o% $ontent, attention

is a s$ar$e reso!r$e. +on't waste it. ae things matter, mae the reader $are abo!t

what's going on. eward their attention.

-. When o! write abo!t something, it probabl matters to o!. he $hallenge is to

mae it matter to the reader.

/. 0now how m!$h o% o!rsel% to p!t into the pie$e.

. Set the table.

. &et o!r ideas develop. 3% o! it on something, tae it as %ar as it $an go. 3% it

doesn't wor o! $an alwas edit it. 4!t i% it $o!ld have been good and o! didn't

p!rs!e it, there's no going ba$ to it.

5. r to have ama6ing stor openings and endings. 3t's lie a plane ride, on$e o!'re

$r!ising it's 7ne, b!t o! have to mae s!re o!'re doing reall well when o! tae

o8 and when o! land be$a!se those are what people remember the most.

19. +on't go %or twist endings. Set things !p right. 3t's not s!rprise, b!t resonan$ewe want when we wal awa %rom a stor.

11. Stories are made o% s$enes.

12. ae things happen ;vents Con%rontations

1#. +on't avoid $on%rontations. 4!ild them into o!r wor.

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1. here has to be a reason %or a $hara$ter re$olle$ting the past. Something m!st

be at stae in the present.

15. Chara$ter deaths m!st be earned. 3% o! ill $hara$ters we don't $are abo!t,

then their deaths hold no meaning.

29. he ?od arg!ment invalidates everthing in o!r stor. ae o!r $hara$ters

the agents o% their destinies.

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