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Afraid to Hit Publish? #ThrowbackThursday

Afraid to hit publish? It’s #ThrowbackThursday, and we’re in the wayback machine to February, 2019, when this Afraid to Hit Publish? post first appeared. Please enjoy the rerun: You’ve sweated over the perfect word, stolen time from family, work and play, and finally —finally—your book is done. Why then, are you afraid to hit publish?…

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Stop Plotting Paralysis, Use a Central Premise

Stop Plotting Paralysis, Use A Central Premise SEVERAL PLOTTING METHODS are based on a structure that takes one concept and builds on it, expanding and splitting until a workable outline is achieved. By breaking the plot into small steps, the overwhelming process of plotting an entire novel is avoided. These methods are based on a…

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17 Tips to Increase Your Word Count #ThrowbackThursday

This #ThrowbackThursday’s post is from December, 2016, where I discuss how to increase your word count. 2016’s NaNoWriMo is behind us. Officially, I wrote 56K words, slightly under the 57K I wrote in July (that was a I-need-to-finish-this-book project rather than an off-month NaNo draft). Writing at such a speed requires a different type of…

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