by Mark Cheverton | Jul 19, 2018 | Writing Tips
When I first started writing, I did a terrible job with the two topics of this post: echoing and character names. This is a problem I see in many young writers as well as some older, inexperienced writers like I was a few years ago. Echoing is the use of words...
by Mark Cheverton | May 20, 2024 | TheNextAuthor Writing Tips
by Mark Cheverton | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
Improve Literacy through Writing Reading is such a pervasive part of our adult lives, from ordering at a restaurant to reading the bill at the dentist (ouch) to reading a marriage license (yes dear, 🙂 ); reading is a necessary tool for everyone. I’m guessing I don’t...
by Mark Cheverton | Dec 17, 2023 | Fan Fiction
STORM For Emily, Colt, and Derrick, my 3 best friends Author’s note: This book, even though it is a work of fiction, is based on real locations (mostly!). Also, this book may include real people’s names. If it does, please consider it purely coincidental....
by Mark Cheverton | Nov 26, 2020 | Fan Fiction
INTRODUCTION If your pet runs off and gets lost, do you dare go after it? Pets eh? Not the smartest bunch. How many have you lost? Not, like, they ran head-first into a creeper kind of lost, but they actually ran off and got lost-lost. That’s what happened to me....
by Mark Cheverton | Dec 19, 2015 | Fan Fiction
Minecraft in Virtual Reality Mode book 1 The overworld Part 1 **** Minecraft username is miner905, which is my real name and real Minecraft username, and 10 years old, never been bullied. MineConFan is a girl 12 of age, made up. MimecraftDUDE101 is a man, 36 years of...
by Mark Cheverton | Oct 1, 2023 | Blog, Life Lessons
Despair to Repair: Online Resources For Anxiety Every Parent Should Know As a fiction writer, I have created fantasy worlds infused with courage and heroism to help children cope with challenging anxiety. The process got me thinking: what else is out there that can...
by Mark Cheverton | Mar 30, 2016 | Fan Fiction
Lord Herobrine walked to find his warriors he created. He had no luck finding them after ba-jin had told his zombie king, Xa-tuls that the war was over, lord herobrine was very disappointed in Xa-tuls for giving up from killing his worst enemy ever: steelmonster67,...
by Mark Cheverton | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, Life Lessons
Understanding What’s Important A lot of us look at others and wonder, Why can’t I be like them? I worked with someone who was super successful. They were promoted, received raises, and climbed the corporate ladder with ease. Everyone was impressed with...
by Mark Cheverton | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog, Writing Tips
Writing is Rewriting Writing is rewriting is a phrase many authors hear, but not as many employ. Rewriting my novel is always an important process to me; this where you get the story to really shine. I spent a lot of time rewriting my latest Young Adult fantasy novel,...