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  • Do You Really Have to Use a 3-Act Structure in Fiction?

    Do You Really Have to Use a 3-Act Structure in Fiction?

    June 23, 2025June 21, 2025

    Over the decades, I’ve heard many writers and writing coaches talk about the 3-Act Structure as if it’s a given….

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  • 3-Act Structure – Is It Really a Must?

    February 21, 2023February 16, 2024

    You may have heard about the 3-act structure. It’s a thing. Especially with screenplays. But if you are writing a…

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  • The Secret to Writing Commercially Successful Novels

    The Secret to Writing Commercially Successful Novels

    April 12, 2021

    I’ve been writing novels for more than three decades, and while I have learned a lot about how unpredictable the…

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  • Master Your Novel’s 10 Key Scenes

    Master Your Novel’s 10 Key Scenes

    May 16, 2019November 23, 2024

    I never planned to write books on novel structure. Nor create online video courses to help teach writers how to…

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  • How To Write A Killer First Draft In 6 Steps

    How To Write A Killer First Draft In 6 Steps

    February 25, 2019

    Today’s guest post is by Gilbert Bassey. A killer first draft, the holy grail—who doesn’t want it? Conventional wisdom says…

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  • Half Off Writing Boot Camps ~ South Lake Tahoe, California

    Half Off Writing Boot Camps ~ South Lake Tahoe, California

    January 17, 2019February 4, 2025

    For the last five years, I’ve been teaching writing retreats in gorgeous South Lake Tahoe, CA. And each year I…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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