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Start with your story's POV. Since your plot has a big secret hidden inside, you will want to tell it from a limited, non-omniscient perspective. It is that point of view character which is going to make your story unique. Who they are, how they see the world and what leads them to uncover the secret is what makes your story interesting.

Your story shouldn't be about a not-so-abandoned town. Instead, it should share a few days or weeks in the life of a special person and their one-of-a-kind point of view.

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: One more benefit which can be gleaned from submitting your writing for publication, is that occasionally someone at the publishing company will include some constructive criticism in their rejection

: Is it smart to reserve one's best ideas or to utilise them early in their writing career? At the very commencement of my writing "career" (I have virtually zero experience), I have an idea

: Printing or Private Use I want to find a Print on Demand (POD) outfit that will print my book without an ISBN, as I do not want to sell my work through any outlet, print or electronic.

: If you are based in the UK, there is a really great charity called young writers and they run lots of competitions throughout the year to encourage writers of poetry and short stories right

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