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Everything you need to know for your first NaNoWriMo
5 healthy, low-pressure ways to fit writing into a time of anxiety
Making time to write: the magic of ugly placeholder sentences
Quiz: Are you ready to kick some ass this NaNoWriMo?
6 steps to writing a plot twist your readers will gasp over
5 easy steps to writing far better character descriptions
4 compelling chapter endings that’ll keep your readers hooked
4 reasons why lifting others up makes you a far better writer
Brainstorming new ideas #3:
perusing the press
Writing what you don’t know: 4 ways to research your novel
Brainstorming new ideas #2:
word association
6 types of loss to write about — that aren’t death
Brainstorming new ideas:
people watching
5 ways to make your romance more believable
Tragic backstory: is it working for or against you?
5 steps to mastering the art of foreshadowing
4 things to include when introducing your character
How vivid memories shape your characters
Overcoming writer’s doubt: are you any good?
6 tragically underused ways to up your antagonist game
Reading your older works (and getting over the embarrassment)
3 reasons why you should outline your novel. Maybe.
Writing action scenes that are truly better than the movie
Cliffhangers: the noble art of ‘just one more chapter’
Chemistry: the key to writing romance
The magic of reading out loud
Four questions to ask when naming your characters
To the writers who will settle for nothing less than perfect
Why wake-up beginnings don’t work
Making time to write:
Five-Minute Bursts
Weaving your backstory into your novel
Don’t
make
me throw this book across the room
Not-sleeping isn’t a sign of dedication. It’s just dumb.
Yes, it’s all right to have not-read that one classic
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