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rough drafts
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A Decade of Discoveries as a Fiction Writer
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A decade is a beautifully fulsome length of time, as evidenced by our fascination with looking at the 1900s in ten-year blocks, ju...
First Steps for New Fiction Writers
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Setting off on a fiction writing journey can overwhelm even the most excited, steadfast new writers. How does one make that very ...
Cowriting a Novella as a Mother-Daughter Team
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Cowriting a story is a beautiful sort of alchemy – taking the best instincts of two creative minds and sifting out the less helpfu...
My Writing Toolkit: The First Adventure
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Welcome to My Writing Toolkit, where I share an example of my efforts to strengthen and galvanize my writing, including real sampl...
What to Do After NaNoWriMo: 9 Steps to Take
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Another year, another NaNoWriMo! If you're one of the hundred thousand-plus writers who participate, you’re likely familiar w...
How to Have an Amazing NaNoWriMo
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With NaNoWriMo underway, and perhaps the early excitement and momentum beginning to fade, now is the perfect time to ponder how to...
How to Overcome Writer's Block in a Unique New Way
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Have you found yourself dreading your writing time of late? Maybe sitting down diligently but watching the clock and feeling secre...
A Peek Into How I Organized My Work-in-Progress
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The last time I spoke about decluttering and organizing , I shared what inspired the process and said "your decluttering succ...
The Importance of First Lines for Storytellers
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Say the average length of a novel runs around 80,000 words. Contained in those 80,000 words are likely thousands of sentences. How...
Behind the Scenes of a Longstanding Writing Routine
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Have you ever noticed that writers have a tendency to waffle on about writing routines? Firstly, let me be clear that I love w...
How to Develop Your Writing Voice
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"Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that'...
How to Write Descriptively with Detail Clusters
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Have you ever looked back on a scene you’ve written and wondered why it feels a bit ... generic? You’ve developed amazing char...
How to Nurture the Heart of a Story
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As writers, we’re not (just) writing monologues about the joy of a perfect pie crust. We’re also trying to convey abstract concept...
The Magical Mayhem of Rough Drafts
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During the very first of the Tea Party Chronicles (a virtual writing salon), we talked about the magical mayhem of working on th...
The Writing Secrets Hidden Within Mass Effect
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One of my favourite science fiction stories of all time is not a book or a movie or a TV show. It’s a video game trilogy by the na...
4 Ways to Cut Fluff and Boost Conflict in Your Writing
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G'day, chickadees! I'm so excited to welcome Abria Mattina to our cozy corner of the internet. Let's pull up a chair...
7 Ways to Court Your Muse
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So I hear things are getting serious with you and your muse! You’re getting together more often, things feel “right,” your writer ...
14 Easy Ways to Bring Your Scenes to Life
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You know that feeling when your writing starts to just get thin? Like if it was a three-dimensional being, it would be so insubsta...
Sharing Your Work-in-Progress Without Fear
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I was recently tagged for the 7/7/7/7 challenge. Put simply, if you want to participate (you're by no means obligated) you'...
Why We Resist Change and What We Can Do About It
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The last time a new opportunity surfaced for you, did you welcome it with open arms? Turn it away? Approach it with a healthy dose...
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