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Interiority Is Not a Racing Heartbeat
Interiority Is Not a Racing HeartbeatHer chest tightened. Her stomach dropped. Her pulse hammered in her throat.You just wrote three […]
Novel Writing and Running an Ironman
Novel Writing and Running an IronmanMy son ran an Ironman 70.3 mile race recently, his second one, and as we […]
Structure Isn’t a Template
Structure is Not a TemplateI want to tell you about the most technically correct novel I ever wrote.Inciting incident on […]
Theme Without the Sermon
Theme Without the Sermon: Stories That Have a Point without Pointing FingersThe fastest way to lose a reader who agrees […]
Genre-Blending Done Right: How to Mix Genres Without Confusing Your Reader
Genre-Blending Done Right: How to Mix Genres Without Confusing Your ReaderHere's a thing readers will tell you they hate but […]
Whose Story Is It Anyway? A Writer’s Guide to Point of View
Whose Story is It Anyway?A Writer’s Guide to Point of View Look, I’m going to tell you something most writers […]
Why Are You Using AI in Your Writing Career?
Why Are You Using AI in Your Writing Career?From the start, this is not a pro or anti AI post, […]
Your Bookshelf Is Tap Water
Your Bookshelf Is Tap WaterWhy Authors Need to Stop Renting Audiences and Start Owning ThemThe Music Industry Just Showed Us […]
Read the Whole Thing, Man
Read the Whole Thing, ManWhy Skipping the Article and Jumping to CommentsIs the Least Dude Thing You Can DoLook, I […]
Culture, Class, Climate: The Setting‑to‑Identity Blueprint
Culture, Class, Climate: The Setting‑to‑Identity BlueprintWorld-building and character identity are inseparable elements in storytelling. When you craft a world, you […]
The 10 Best Gifts for Writers This Holiday Season
The 10 Best Gifts for Writers This Holiday SeasonWriters need more than notebooks and pens. They thrive on inspiration, comfort, […]
Unlocking the Flow State: Tips for When It Doesn’t Work
The point of using dummy text for your paragraph is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters. making […]
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