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NaNoWriMo Preptober: Use This Activity to Get into Your World (Without Cheating!)
How are we in week three of Preptober already? You have your cast of characters, you have your beginning, your middle, and your end (your little bit of story structure) and you are…
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NaNoWriMo Preptober: Does Your First Draft Need Story Structure?
You have your cast of characters ready and you’re all excited about your story idea, right? But maybe you started doing research on Story Structure and now you’re super confused. Save the Cat,…
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NaNoWriMo Preptober: My Favorite Technique for Character Design
Have you ever downloaded a character worksheet from Pinterest (or other online resource) and you were just overwhelmed with how many choices you had to make? From eye color to hair color to…
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My Favorite Writer’s Block Cure
Have you ever experienced writer’s block? If you have, you know that it can cause frustration, depression, anger and some fear. Fear that you may never write again. I understand….because I’ve been…
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Tarot for Writers…Helpful Tool or Waste of Time?
As you can probably tell, Tarot is one of my absolute favorite tools to use as an author. I use it to help me with everything from character creation to plot design to…
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Easy Character Creation Using Tarot Cards
When starting a novel, it’s important to fill your world with well-rounded characters – the kind that feel so real your readers love diving into your stories, getting lost in their lives. Today,…
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How To Get Your Manuscript Back On Track
When you started writing your novel, you had a vision for what you wanted your book to be. You went along as your characters took you on a journey, but now you realize…
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Pantser Problems – Getting Out Of The Hole You’ve Dug
You pride yourself on being a pantser – someone who just dives right in with their book project without an outline, writing by the seat of your pants. It’s exciting – I get…
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4 Ways To Get Back On Track When You’re Off Your Detailed Outline
You did what all of the writing books and experts told you to do when you started working your novel – you created a very detailed outline and you expected things to go…
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4 Ways To Ensure You Are Creating Real Human 3D Characters
We have all read books where the characters seem to leap off the page, where they feel so lifelike that you wouldn’t be surprised if they walked through your front door. As…
