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Writing prompts, revision tips, how to improve your writing on a sentence by sentence level, how the hell to find a plot if you don't have one, and much more.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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