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Your Editor Is Not ‘Trying to Get You.’​

Your Editor Is Not ‘Trying to Get You.’​

So Don’t Treat Him like a Debating Combatant
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Florian Fuehren
Boring Subjects Are a Myth

Boring Subjects Are a Myth

Make them count through storytelling
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Florian Fuehren
Time-Travel Gives Your Hero Power, but Beware of the Danger to Your Plot

Time-Travel Gives Your Hero Power, but Beware of the Danger to Your Plot

Plotting rules and lessons to learn from Outlander and Déjà Vu
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Florian Fuehren
“Mr. Tolstoy, How Do I Write Believable Characters?”

“Mr. Tolstoy, How Do I Write Believable Characters?”

Some theory and writing prompts to show true affection in your novel
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Florian Fuehren
If You Feel Bad for Not Getting Readers, Think of Gutenberg’s 300 Sheep

If You Feel Bad for Not Getting Readers, Think of Gutenberg’s 300 Sheep

Only your story can protect you from readers’ apathy
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Florian Fuehren
On Repetition of Scenes, Character Development, and Dialogue Pace in “After Life”

On Repetition of Scenes, Character Development, and Dialogue Pace in “After Life”

A breakdown of S1:E3
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Florian Fuehren
Tropes, Conflict & Scene Structure in Ricky Gervais’ “After Life”

Tropes, Conflict & Scene Structure in Ricky Gervais’ “After Life”

Another Breakdown of character construction, dialogue writing, and believable emotions in S1:E2
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Florian Fuehren
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