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How Can We Recognize a Scene vs. a Sequel?

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It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we sh...

Storytelling Expectations: Character vs. Plot Arcs

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It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we sh...

How to Write Conflict without “Bad Guys” — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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A common piece of advice is to include some type of conflict on every page. For new writers, that advice might bring to mind scenes of characters fighting, but the truth of what counts as conflict is much broader than that. We’ve talked many times about different styles of conflict, from antagonists vs. villains to characters’ external vs. internal arcs.

Conflict is what creates the story and not just a tale of “she wanted X and she got i...

Story Problems? Check Your Structure

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It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we sh...

Story Obstacles: The Benefits of Taking Two Steps Back

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This post was originally supposed to be short and announce the winners of my 11th Annual Blogiversary contest weeks ago. However, that schedule was delayed because I didn’t want to clog up your notifications with just a fluff post.

No problem. I have plenty of writing-focused things I could post about along with the announcement, right?

…and then the Olympics distracted me.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an Olympics nut. No matter th...

11th Annual Blogiversary Contest — Prize: Me! Wait…er, What?

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It’s that time of year again. Today, July 12th, is my eleven-year blogiversary. Yes, eleven years.

For the first ten years, I blogged consistently every Tuesday and Thursday, building up over 1000 posts of advice and information about the writing world. Last year, for my tenth blogiversary, I finally gave myself the gift of an irregular schedule.

Initially, my plan was to post about 2-4 times a month. However, things didn’t quite work ...

Characters & Settings: Making Them Interact

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It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we sh...

When Should We Treat Our Setting as a Character?

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It’s time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, I’ve previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we sh...

How to Make the Most of Our Story’s Tropes

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Its time for another one of my guest posts over at Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisis Writers Helping Writers site. As one of their Resident Writing Coaches, Ive previously shared:

insights on how to approach an overwhelming revisionhow to increase the stakes (the consequences for failure) in our story7 ways to indicate time passage in our stories (and 2 issues to watch out for)how to translate story beats to any genrehow and why we should...

Time for Good 2020 News: A Holiday Giveaway!

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This time last year, I was dealing with the first stages of recovering from our massive house flood. Wed lost our whole first floor, so the reconstruction would last for 3 more months and the moving-back-in process would last for

Oh, who am I kidding? We still have a few stray boxes left to unpack. The pandemic upended everyones schedules about that time, and lets be honest, those boxes apparently have nothing important in them and should...