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[ISBW] Staying Monogamous to WIP

It's a standard feeling that once you get used to your current WiP and you may have hit a snag here and there, you will get the desire to focus on another, newer, shinier project. This is totally normal, everyone from a newbie to a pro feels this. But the question is, what do you do when you feel like that?

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Published on April 07, 2021 05:42

[ISBW] Mitsakes adn Fialures

We are supposed to learn from mistakes, so why are we so hard on ourselves when we make them? Donations benefitting the Trevor Project. Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times (EST): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Skyrim Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch or YouTube!

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Published on March 19, 2021 09:00

[ISBW] Delicious Conflict Parfait

Conflict shows us how people relate to each other, much better than a bad day will. Conflicts include everything from an injury, lack of sleep, to fights with significant others, rude folks on the road, and then the big one with the meteor coming to the earth. The worse the day is, the more we learn about the character and what matters to them.

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Published on March 18, 2021 09:00

[ISBW] How, Exactly, Do I Find Time To Write?

After 20 years I've finally figured out how to find that elusive time to write. And the reason I never found it before was because finding time, or making time, is more challenging than people say it is. Sure, OK, "make time" -- but HOW?

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Published on March 12, 2021 06:00

[ISBW] Who Do You Trust?

There is a lot of contradictory advice on the internet. Even the same articles/lists will have contradictory advice. And when are looking for specific advice, the pithy "Do this, no, wait, don't do this" blog posts are infuriating. So how do you know who to trust when it comes to looking for advice?

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Published on March 11, 2021 06:00

[ISBW] Debuting In Covid with SB Divya

I'm delighted to welcome interviews back to ISBW with my good friend SB Divya. She's my co-editor on Escape Pod, but her first full-length novel, Machinehood, came out in March! We talk about how that's exciting and what it's like to have a debut during Covid.

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Published on March 10, 2021 09:00

[ISBW] My Novel's Done, Now What?

Once you're done with your novel or story, what do you do? Edits? Submissions? Beta readers? Dongwon Song's Newsletter Agent Talk (I mistakenly call it Ask an Agent in the audio) Fancy water bottle Jennifer Udden's Newsletter Absolute Write Snowflake Method Query Shark Becky Chambers Submission Grinder Duotrope Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times: Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Stardew Valley Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live * All times EST

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Published on March 09, 2021 07:00

[ISBW] Novel Structure

People talk about character and plot and climax, but no one covers how novel structure is needed to put it all together. SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire Series and the Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin.

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Published on February 25, 2021 06:00

[ISBW] Audience Choice

Had a personal emergency and was unprepared, so the audience and Twitter questions keep me going!

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Published on February 24, 2021 06:00

[ISBW] Poor Little Rich Writer

Every few years there's a very concerned think piece about the innocent writer who got a six figure advance and blew it all, or sold zero books, or just felt betrayed by publishing, and I am sick of it. If only we all could get articles written about us when we have a bad day at work, or show ourselves unwilling to do basic research into our new profession.

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