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Craft from the Couch: Episode One
Welcome to the inaugural edition of CRAFT FROM THE COUCH featuring | Marie-Helene Bertino on Voice
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March 2024

Are word count-related writing goals cramping your writing process?
Effective and enjoyable writing strategies beyond 1000 words a day
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December 2023

Why sensory tags and stage directions are ruining your writing (and costing you readers)
Pitting Colleen Hoover against Raymond Chandler and Justin Torres against Dan Brown to see who writes action best.
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November 2023

The technique that puts fresh air into your writing and keep readers turning pages
Introducing: The Zoom Out!
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6 Things to know before you NaNoWriMo
How to start—and end—the month of November with something solid you can work from instead of a traffic jam of words. (Plus general writing tips for…
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September 2023

What the hell is interiority and how do you get it?
Are we telling instead of showing now, or what? I pit Ottessa Moshfegh against Colleen Hoover to find out.
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August 2023

How to write a beat sheet to tame unruly work
The Hollywood screenwriting cheat that can save your writing (and your mind)
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July 2023

How to say "memoir" without saying "memoir" in your book's subtitle
Five approaches to memoir subtitles that just might sell your book.
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June 2023

How (and why) I hold voice auditions for my main characters
It is a maddening way to go about writing fiction, but there's a method to the madness of me holding auditions for the made-up people in my books.
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May 2023

Introducing the book titling strategy that sells like wildfire
Today, we're going to learn about a certain naming strategy that sells the hell out of books of every type. We'll also discuss death.
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Opening Pages Week 6: Delivering on your query letter from paragraph one
The five things you must do before sending pages to a VIP
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April 2023

Opening Pages Intensive Week 4: Using voice effectively
Let’s talk about voice, baby (and what it has the potential to reveal about your characters)
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