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  • Nailing Your One-Sentence Story Concept

    Nailing Your One-Sentence Story Concept

    August 13, 2018

    I’m launching my new online video course this month, so we’ve been taking a look at key elements novelists need…

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  • Nail Your Ten Key Scenes ~ Half Off My New Online Course!

    Nail Your Ten Key Scenes ~ Half Off My New Online Course!

    August 6, 2018

    Writing a terrific novel is a complex endeavor. And while there are hundreds of books, podcasts, and blog posts that teach…

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  • The Burden of Your First Fifty Pages

    The Burden of Your First Fifty Pages

    August 2, 2018June 19, 2025

    I critique a lot of first chapters of novels. Having written twenty novels, I can attest to how difficult it…

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  • How “Pantsing” May Be Harmful to Your Health

    How “Pantsing” May Be Harmful to Your Health

    July 26, 2018

    Pantsing? No, it’s not in the dictionary. But it’s a common word among novelists. Hey, we’re wordsmiths. We can make…

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  • A New Online Video Course to Help You Write That Novel

    A New Online Video Course to Help You Write That Novel

    July 19, 2018

    I’m not the only one who says that writing a novel is a difficult task. Even if you’ve written a…

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  • 6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction

    6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction

    July 9, 2018

    Today’s guest post is by Martin Cavannagh. One of the least analyzed literary devices in literature is time. Time works…

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  • Using the Ten Key Scene Structure to Frame Up Your Novel

    Using the Ten Key Scene Structure to Frame Up Your Novel

    July 5, 2018

    You’ve spent days, maybe weeks or months, brainstorming the terrific novel you’re about to write. You’re sure you have a…

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  • How to Make Your Sentences More Descriptive

    How to Make Your Sentences More Descriptive

    June 18, 2018

    Today’s guest post is by Jordan Conrad. The purpose of writing is to communicate information. This is true for writing…

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  • How to Hook Readers and Reel Them into Your Scenes

    How to Hook Readers and Reel Them into Your Scenes

    May 24, 2018

    We toss around the word hook when we talk about stories. What’s the hook? we ask. Sometimes we’re talking about the…

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