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What Are Your Writing Strengths?

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I’ll be sharing Part Two of Jeff Lyon’s writing myths guest post on Thursday. Until then, I wanted to share an insight I’ve had during this latest surgery recovery.

We’ve probably all heard the quote attributed to Albert Einstein (even though there’s no record of him saying it):

Everyone is a genius.

But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

That’s a great quote for many r...

Don’t Believe These Writing Myths: Part One — Guest: Jeff Lyons

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If you’ve hung around the writing community at all, you’ve probably seen a lot of advice. Some advice out there is great and helps us with just the trouble we’re having with our writing or our publishing career. Other advice that gets passed around is misleading, impossible to follow, or just plain wrong.

Unfortunately, that bad advice can be shared just as much as the good advice. We’ve talked here before about watching out for bad advice...

When Does Disagreement Become Bullying?

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Before I get into this post’s topic, let me say that I probably shouldn’t tackle this subject today. Not because of the controversy (which I’ve dealt with here before), but because I’m still recovering from my emergency surgery last week (yep, my surgeon had to undo the past year’s worth of work *weeps*).

That means I’m probably not going to word things well and forget to make certain points, etc. But several situations related to the line...

Antagonists: How to Avoid Boring Villains — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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Quick health update: My surgeon confirmed this week that all of the past year’s work to fight the bone-disintegrating infection in my jawbone and rebuild my mouth had failed. So we had to remove the infected bone again (for the third time!). *sigh*

While I’m slowly recovering from yet another surgery, with her permission, I’m sharing one last insight from Kristen Lamb on antagonists. This concludes her guest post series here, where we’ve b...

Antagonists: What’s Driving Our Story? — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m currently dealing with more health-related difficulties, and I’m really hoping my surgeon won’t need to rip out the last year of work on rebuilding my jawbone due to instability. Keep your fingers crossed for me, as my follow-up appointment is this week. *smile*

To lighten my load, with her permission, I’m sharing some of Kristen Lamb’s insights on antagonists: what they are, why they help define o...

Conflict: Why It Isn’t Just about Fighting — Guest: Janice Hardy

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For the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a conversation here about antagonists with a series of guest posts from Kristen Lamb. One insight Kristen shared is that antagonists act as the engine of our story, providing the conflict that keeps tension high and our pacing strong.

Yet as Kristen said, as humans, we tend not to like conflict in real life. Unfortunately, that leads many writers to minimize the conflict in their stories, even though...

Antagonists: The End-All-Be-All of Our Story — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m currently dealing with more health-related difficulties, and I’m going through extra medical treatments in an attempt to salvage my rebuilt jawbone before my surgeon decides to rip out the last year of work due to instability. On the good side, I think I finally beat my cold. *smile*

To lighten my load, with her permission, I’m sharing some of Kristen Lamb’s insights on antagonists: what they are,...

Antagonists: Inner & Outer Demons — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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As I mentioned last week, the next couple of weeks will be difficult for me health-wise, as I go through extra medical treatments in an attempt to salvage my rebuilt jawbone before my surgeon decides to rip out the last year of work due to instability. This week is especially kicking my butt, as I’m still fighting a cold too.

To lighten my load, with her permission, I’m sharing some of Kristen Lamb’s insights on antagonists: what they are,...

Antagonists: “He’s His Own Worst Enemy” — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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As I mentioned last time, the next couple of weeks will be difficult for me health-wise, as I go through extra medical treatments to attempt to salvage my rebuilt jawbone before my surgeon decides to rip out the last year of work due to instability. This week is especially being a pain, as I’m fighting a cold too.

(I know the antibiotics of my treatment don’t touch cold viruses, but it still feels wrong to have a cold while on beat-up-the-...

Antagonists: What Is an Antagonist? — Guest: Kristen Lamb

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If you’ve been following my various health issues, you know that an antibiotic-resistant bone infection disintegrated part of my jaw last July, requiring emergency surgery. You might also know that over the past year, my surgeon and I have been trying All. The. Things. to beat this infection and rebuild the bone.

Well…the new bone “failed” the test this past week, and we’re not sure if it’s an issue of the infection still hanging around or...