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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