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Do It Write

7 Tips on How to Write A Great Antagonist

We’re talking great stories, not good ones.

5 min readJul 18, 2020

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7 Tips on How to Write A Great Antagonist

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Do It Write

The 5 Best Tips for Writing Better Settings

Start simple, add details, personify, create movement, strike the senses!

5 min readJul 18, 2020

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The 5 Best Tips for Writing Better Settings

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Do It Write

The 10 Worst Writing Tropes You Need to Avoid

We’re sick of stories about the evil seductress and the orphan!

5 min readJul 17, 2020

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The 10 Worst Writing Tropes You Need to Avoid

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Do It Write

How Your Worst Work is Your Best

We can always learn from our mistakes.

2 min readJul 17, 2020

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How Your Worst Work is Your Best

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Do It Write

My 5 Favorite Writing Warmups

Stretching your brain and making the words flow.

4 min readJul 16, 2020

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My 5 Favorite Writing Warmups

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Do It Write

The Best Way to Improve Your Writing

Writing outside of your genre.

3 min readJul 16, 2020

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The Best Way to Improve Your Writing

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Do It Write

What Does It Mean to be Resilient?

Overcoming obstacles, rolling with the punches, keeping your chin up.

5 min readJul 15, 2020

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What Does It Mean to be Resilient?

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Do It Write

Constructing the Perfect Opening Line

Examples and tips on doing it well

4 min readJul 13, 2020

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Constructing the Perfect Opening Line

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Nicolas Alan Kerkau
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Poetry Crash Course for Beginners

Types, forms, and styles — this covers it all.

7 min readJul 11, 2020

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Poetry Crash Course for Beginners

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DataDrivenInvestor

Making Prose Simple — What It Is and How to Use It

Case studies and analysis to improve your writing style.

9 min readJul 6, 2020

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Making Prose Simple — What It Is and How to Use It

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Nicolas Alan Kerkau

Nicolas Alan Kerkau

Writer of fiction, memoir, and all things. Articles found in Data Driven Investors, The Innovation, and KickStarter! Contact: nicolas.a.kerkau@gmail.com

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