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The Three Day Writing Method

After 6 books (including 3 second editions) and a few hundred magazine articles, I’ve been asked over and over...

The Three Day Writing Method
posted on: Mar 11, 2009 | section: General Writing Advice

Write A Novel in 30 Days-Two Reviews

Two books promise to teach you how to write a first draft of your novel in just 30 days. Can it really be done? I put...

Write A Novel in 30 Days-Two Reviews
posted on: Jan 12, 2009 | section: Book Reviews, Craft and Technique

Tackle a Trilogy and Triple Your Prof...

Are you a writer with big ideas? Are you always imagining epics, sweeping stories, great tales of human struggle and...

Tackle a Trilogy and Triple Your Profits
posted on: Jan 9, 2009 | section: Story Development

7 Steps to Developing Real People Who...

Part Four: Getting Down to Work If you’ve read the first three articles in this series (part one, part two, part...

7 Steps to Developing Real People Who Bring your Fiction to Life – Part Four
posted on: Dec 28, 2008 | section: Character Development

7 Steps to Developing Real People Who...

Part Three: Let Your Characters Live Character development for fiction is an essential step in the writing process and...

7 Steps to Developing Real People Who Bring your Fiction to Life- Part Three
posted on: Dec 26, 2008 | section: Character Development

The Backstory

If you have decided to write a novel, the story that exists within it extends way beyond the book itself. This...

The Backstory
posted on: Dec 16, 2008 | section: Character Development

Novel Writing: Planning A Heart-Stopp...

Part VII of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series Over the last six lessons, you’ve figured out your theme,...

Novel Writing: Planning A Heart-Stopping Story
posted on: May 22, 2008 | section: Craft and Technique

Novel Writing: Interweaving Your Nove...

Part VI of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series When you’re writing a book, you want every page to drag...

Novel Writing: Interweaving Your Novel’s Themes And Subthemes
posted on: May 19, 2008 | section: Craft and Technique

Novel Writing: Dig Deeper With Your N...

Part V of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series By now, you have a solid grasp of the importance of having a...

Novel Writing: Dig Deeper With Your Novel’s Subthemes
posted on: May 15, 2008 | section: Craft and Technique

Novel Writing: Playing Chicken With Y...

Part IV of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series And now we come to the hard bit. You’ve got your theme,...

Novel Writing: Playing Chicken With Your Story
posted on: May 12, 2008 | section: Story Development
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