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3 Effective Solutions to Common Author Struggles
It’s the start of a new year, a time where there’s pressure to feel inspired, positive, and full of hope. Of course, the start of a new decade represents a fantastic opportunity. We can do things...
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Avoid These Words to Make Your Writing Strong
Even experienced authors have weaknesses in their writing. Just as some speakers fall into bad habits, such as saying um or uh, most of us have some bad habits. Maybe you slip into passive voice or use...
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Creating a Villain Your Readers Will Love to Hate
Creating multi-dimensional characters will make your fiction impossible to put down! Your villains should be at least as interesting as your heroes, and this graphic suggests ways to create...
View ArticleHow to Get Up and Write On Days You Don’t Really Feel Like It
We’ve all faced those days. The ones where you’d love nothing but to veg out with some Netflix all day long. And those days don’t always come at the most opportune time either–especially for writers....
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Reducing Everyday Distractions So You Can Get More Writing Done
I view my distractions from writing in two categories: internal and external. The trick is eliminating both at the same time to create a distraction-free environment conducive to writing. I may be...
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Save the Cat! Cracking the Beat Sheet
“Save the Cat!” by Blake Snyder was originally written as a tool for screenwriters. Snyder presents a structure for successful storytelling that has been adapted for use by novelists as well as the...
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Save the Cat Story Cards
I will just say it right now: I love index cards. For many years I have used index cards when planning and outlining my books and other projects. I love that they are easy to move around and...
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Why Structure Is a Friend, Not a Formula
There are a hundred iterations of the quote “every story has been told before.” But more often than not, the quote isn’t used in the context of lamenting that there are no fresh ideas. Au contraire!...
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Save the Cat! Writes for TV
There are subtle yet important differences between writing for the page, the movies and television. While books and movies will always be with us, these days the action is on the small screen...
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