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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…
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Are YOU the reason you haven’t been able to finish your book?
Have you used any of these excuses before while writing… I’ll write later or I’ll write when the kids are older I’ll write when my house is perfectly clean I can’t concentrate until…
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How To Make The Book Writing Process More Fun
Has writing your novel lost its luster? You started writing with all kinds of ideas and energy and excitement, but now that you’re in the muddy middle, it all just feels a little…
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Does Your Novel Really Suck?
Every writer that I know, myself included, always hits a wall at some point in their writing process. Usually it’s smack dab in the middle of the manuscript where you look at your…
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3 Reasons Writer’s Give Up on Their Book (And How to Avoid it)
Is there more than one unfinished novel sitting on your hard drive? Are you wondering if your current work in progress is headed in that same direction? I feel like there are three…
