- Vary your themes for interest.
- Vary the way you share those themes - novels, short stories, radio scripts…
- Vary your style too. You need a mixture of long and short sentences and paragraphs, which can be used to help pace.
- Vary what you read - fiction, non-fiction, in your genre and outside it. Not only is it more interesting for your reading life, you’ll be influenced by good writing from a variety of sources, which is bound to help your work.
- Vary the way everyday items are used. Could such everyday items we take for granted be misused on another world or even be a threat? Could these items be turned and used against us?
- Vary your writing sessions by having brainstorming sessions every now and again. If you get stuck with a piece of writing, this is a good way to get going again and who knows what you may come up with for future stories.
- Vary the way your characters speak. Get into their heads as quickly as you can. Can you sum up their main characteristics in one or two words? Are your characters different so you can tell them apart? Do their voices sound different so nobody is confused as to who speaks?
- Vary how you portray characters. Moments of weakness in a character can be used to strengthen their portrayal. We all have moments like this - fictional characters should reflect that. It is then what real and fictional people do after having such moments that can add or make a story.
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