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  • Plot and Subplots in a Series of Scenes

    Plot and Subplots in a Series of Scenes

    June 11, 2014

    Ah, now we are getting somewhere, some of you may be thinking. We are finally going to look deeply at…

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  • 3 Ways to Plan a Marketable Novel without Losing Creativity

    3 Ways to Plan a Marketable Novel without Losing Creativity

    June 9, 2014

    Today’s guest post is by author, writing coach, and blogger Nina Amir: Markets. Competition. Viability. Sales. Platform. Planning. Business. These words…

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  • Negative, Continuous, and Passive Forms of Subjunctive Mood

    Negative, Continuous, and Passive Forms of Subjunctive Mood

    June 6, 2014March 24, 2024

    The subjunctive mood is one we often use without thinking. But often writers use it incorrectly in writing, so it…

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  • Revisiting the Four Primary Pillars of Novel Construction

    Revisiting the Four Primary Pillars of Novel Construction

    June 4, 2014

    Over the last five-plus months we’ve been exploring the four primary, essential components of novel building, which I label in…

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  • How to Finally Finish That Novel

    How to Finally Finish That Novel

    June 2, 2014

    Today’s guest post is by multipublished author and writing instructor Cathy Yardley: Are you a closet fiction writer? Have you…

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  • Another Look at the Subjunctive Mood

    Another Look at the Subjunctive Mood

    May 30, 2014April 5, 2024

    Let’s take a further look into the subjunctive mood, since there are often places in our writing where this “mood”…

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  • A Journey through Theme Development

    A Journey through Theme Development

    May 28, 2014

    Today we’re going to wrap up our look at theme, one of the four corner pillars of novel construction. All…

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  • 8 Great Writing Tools to Keep You Motivated to Write

    8 Great Writing Tools to Keep You Motivated to Write

    May 26, 2014

    Today’s guest post is from Robert Morris: There isn’t a writer who has never experienced a motivational block. Sometimes your…

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  • Are You in the Subjunctive Mood?

    Are You in the Subjunctive Mood?

    May 23, 2014April 5, 2024

    I’m going to spend a few posts on what I think is an interesting and sometimes confusing component of our…

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