Helping Writers Become Authors
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Variations on the Scene
Jan 13, 201310 min
Options for Disasters in a Scene
Jan 6, 201311 min
Options for Conflict in a Scene
Dec 30, 201211 min
Options for Goals in a Scene
Dec 23, 201211 min
The Three Building Blocks of the Scene
Dec 16, 20129 min
Mastering the Two Different Types of Scene
Dec 9, 20126 min
6 Types of Courageous Characters
Nov 25, 20128 min
Why Non-Writers Give the Best Critiques
Nov 18, 20127 min
Why Writers Should Never Hit Delete
Nov 11, 20126 min
Your Must-Have Book Checklist: From Idea to Publication
Nov 4, 201210 min
10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends
Oct 28, 20126 min
How to Tell if Your Book Is a Success
Oct 21, 20127 min
What's Your Writing Personality?
Oct 14, 201212 min
Are You Skipping the Best Parts?
Oct 7, 20126 min
Professional Resources for Writers
Sep 30, 20125 min
Why Story Beginnings and Endings Must Be Linked
Sep 23, 20126 min
Why Your Story's Conflict Isn't Working
Sep 16, 20126 min
10 Excuses for Not Writing - and How to Smash Them
Sep 9, 20128 min
Most Common Mistakes Series: Does Your Character Lack Purpose?
Sep 2, 20125 min
5 Ways You're Preventing Readers From Suspending Disbelief
Aug 26, 20127 min
Add Muscle to Your Fiction With Unity and Contrast
Aug 19, 20126 min
6 Ways to Pull off Dual Timelines in Your Novel
Aug 12, 20126 min
How You May Be Killing Your Story's Tension
Aug 5, 20126 min
5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to)
Jul 29, 20127 min
What's the Purpose of Your Scene?
Jul 22, 20126 min
10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn't Have to Ask
Jul 15, 20126 min
Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer?
Jul 8, 20125 min
Why Do Bad Books Get Published?
Jul 1, 20127 min
Are You Writing Your Novel Too Fast?
Jun 24, 20127 min
The Top 25 Ways to Blow a Book
Jun 17, 20125 min
How to Spot and Fix Non-Reactive and Over-Reactive Characters
Jun 10, 20127 min
The Two Conflict-Creating Needs of Every Character
Jun 3, 20127 min
How Routines Save (and Ruin) Your Writing
May 27, 20129 min
Why Self-Conscious Writers Are Doomed
May 20, 20126 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 12: Your Questions Answered
May 13, 201210 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 11: The Resolution
May 6, 201212 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 10: The Climax
Apr 29, 201210 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 9: The Third Act
Apr 22, 201211 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 8: The Second Half of the Second Act
Apr 15, 201210 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 7: The Midpoint
Apr 8, 201210 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 6: The First Half of the Second Act
Apr 1, 20129 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 5: The Inciting Event and the Key Event
Mar 25, 20129 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 4: The First Plot Point
Mar 18, 20129 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 3: The First Act
Mar 11, 20129 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 2: The Hook
Mar 4, 20128 min
The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 1: Why Should Authors Care?
Feb 26, 20126 min
A Wordplayer's Manifesto
Feb 19, 20124 min
The Writer's Guide to Punctuation
Feb 12, 20127 min
The Case of the Vanishing Setting
Feb 5, 20127 min
Don't Let Multiple-Character Scenes Run Away With You
Jan 22, 20125 min