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NaNoWriMo’s Limits Are What Sets Us Free

NaNoWriMo’s Limits Are What Sets Us Free

NaNoWriMo doesn’t require us to force writing on ourselves, it does require us to figure out a plan.
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Why All Authors Should Try NaNoWriMo at Least Once — A 16-Year Veteran’s Perspective

Why All Authors Should Try NaNoWriMo at Least Once — A 16-Year Vete...

In these 16 years, I’ve met lots of writers who have taken part in the challenge, as well as others who would never think about it.
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Why All Authors Should Try NaNoWriMo at Least Once — A 13-Year Veteran’s Perspective

Why All Authors Should Try NaNoWriMo at Least Once — A 13-Year Vete...

NaNoWriMo may not be everyone’s jam, but trying it if only once in our career may teach us a lot about ourselves as writers and our…
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We Are the most Powerful Champions Against Writer’s Block

We Are the most Powerful Champions Against Writer’s Block

We can control the fear to write.
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Story Structure
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Flashbacks That Work

A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Flashbacks That Work

Time-Disruptive techniques depend greatly on the author’s intuition. Flashback is the more structured of them all.
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Why I Plot Before and After the First Draft

Why I Plot Before and After the First Draft

Plotting isn’t the evil of creative writing. Even pantsers may find use in an outline.
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Foreshadowing: This Shady Storytelling Tool

Foreshadowing: This Shady Storytelling Tool

Foreshadowing is probably one of the most elusive narrative techniques involving time. But when mastered, it has huge potentialities.
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“Write the Story You Want to Read” and Why Desire Is Not Enough

“Write the Story You Want to Read” and Why Desire Is Not Enough

Why being a passionate reader doesn’t make a writer, and why a writer still needs to be a passionate reader
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The Dual Timeline Story: Divided, They Enrich

The Dual Timeline Story: Divided, They Enrich

A few tips and thoughts to create a Dual Timeline that works
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Planner or Pantser? What Type of Author Are You?

Planner or Pantser? What Type of Author Are You?

My way of being both a Planner and a Panster… at different stages in the writing process
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This Is the End! Give Your Story the Best Chance at Being Completed

This Is the End! Give Your Story the Best Chance at Being Completed

Surprising the reader with a strong ending never comes from surprising ourselves with an ending we knew nothing about
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