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  • 7 Ways to Help You Be Precise in Your Writing

    7 Ways to Help You Be Precise in Your Writing

    January 22, 2016

    Today’s guest post is by Dawn Field: The best books suck you into an alternative world in a single sentence….

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  • 10 Steps to Nail Your Story

    10 Steps to Nail Your Story

    October 5, 2015

    Today’s guest post is by best-selling author DiAnn Mills: I’m all about ways to ensure stories delight our readers. That’s why…

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  • Hacking Your Reader’s Brain

    Hacking Your Reader’s Brain

    July 27, 2015

    Today’s guest post is by Jeff Gerke, award-winning author, former book publisher, and writing instructor. I heard Jeff give a…

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  • Why Cinematic Technique Is Essential for Novelists

    Why Cinematic Technique Is Essential for Novelists

    October 13, 2014

    This week I’ve released my new writing craft book Shoot Your Novel, which I feel offers writing tools that are not…

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  • Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 1

    Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 1

    October 28, 2013

    I wasted a large chunk of my life stumbling around in the dark, trying to become a “writer.” I became…

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  • A Peek inside the Envelope

    A Peek inside the Envelope

    December 12, 2012

    Sol Stein, the famous editor, author, and writing instructor, has a very short chapter in his classic book Stein on…

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  • Settings in Your Novel That Work As Triggers

    Settings in Your Novel That Work As Triggers

    December 5, 2012

    When choosing settings for your scenes, you want to think about the kinds of places that will allow the emotions,…

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  • Endings that Ruin Your Novel

    Endings that Ruin Your Novel

    November 7, 2012

    Have you ever read a great book that carries you all the way to the end, and then the ending…

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  • The Not-So-Long Good-bye

    The Not-So-Long Good-bye

    October 31, 2012

    Earlier in the year I covered some tips about creating scenes, and most particularly in discussion about your novel’s first…

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