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  • First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me

    First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me

    January 6, 2016

    We’re starting off this new year at Live Write Thrive neck-deep into scene structure. Great scenes seem to flow effortlessly…

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  • Getting Scene Structure under Your Belt

    Getting Scene Structure under Your Belt

    January 4, 2016

    Scene structure seems to be the bane of most novelists and one of the most common causes of novel failure….

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  • The Truth about Writing Mechanics

    The Truth about Writing Mechanics

    December 30, 2015

    Today wraps up our year-long exploration of the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing. We hope you’ve learned a lot of…

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  • Real Giving during the Giving Season

    Real Giving during the Giving Season

    December 28, 2015

    Are you scratching your head too? I can’t figure out where the year went. Every year seems to go by…

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  • Personal Shifts

    Personal Shifts

    December 25, 2015February 6, 2024

    Sadly, this is my last post for Say What? I’ve run this section on Live Write Thrive for four years…

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  • Searching for the Poetry in Story

    Searching for the Poetry in Story

    December 23, 2015

    Today Robin Patchen takes a look at cadence and rhythm as we begin to wrap up attack on Fatal Flaw #12:…

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  • 31 Stylistic Devices for Creative Writers

    31 Stylistic Devices for Creative Writers

    December 21, 2015

    Today’s guest post is by Rose Scott: Without figurative language, writing would be plain and shallow. The more stylistic devices…

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  • When You’re (Missing) a Word in a Comparison

    When You’re (Missing) a Word in a Comparison

    December 18, 2015February 6, 2024

    Writers sometimes leave out small necessary words when making comparisons. Sometimes sentences look just fine to our eyes at first…

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  • Writing Mechanics: To Paragraph or Not to Paragraph

    Writing Mechanics: To Paragraph or Not to Paragraph

    December 16, 2015

    Today editor Christy Distler continues our look at Fatal Flaw #12: Flawed Writing Mechanics. We’ve looked at how novels are structured…

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