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Conflict Thesaurus: Facing a Challenge Beyond One’s Skill

September 6, 2019

Conflict Thesaurus: Facing a Challenge Beyond One’s Skill

September 6, 2019

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Using Backward Design to Plan Your Story

September 5, 2019

Using Backward Design to Plan Your Story

September 5, 2019

Angelica Hartgers is here to show how planning your story backward may be a great technique if plotting is something you struggle with. “Begin with the end in mind.” -Stephen…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unexpected Pregnancy

August 31, 2019

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unexpected Pregnancy

August 31, 2019

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

The Secret to Getting Paid to Sell Books

August 29, 2019

The Secret to Getting Paid to Sell Books

August 29, 2019

Many writers I know either write non-fiction already or are toying with the idea. It’s a lot of research and work, but because it tailors to a specific audience, books…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Unwanted Scrutiny

August 24, 2019

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Unwanted Scrutiny

August 24, 2019

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

4 Keys to a Powerful Denouement

August 22, 2019

4 Keys to a Powerful Denouement

August 22, 2019

Often as writers, we put a lot of our focus on the starting, climax, and middle of a story, and the denouement or falling action may be somewhat of an…

Motivation for Character Arc: A Different Approach

August 20, 2019

Motivation for Character Arc: A Different Approach

August 20, 2019

When it comes to discovering and writing about your character’s motivation, there are a dozen different methods. We can get there by any number of roads—most of which originate in…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: A Delay that Makes One Late

August 17, 2019

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: A Delay that Makes One Late

August 17, 2019

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Offered an Easy Way Out

August 10, 2019

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Offered an Easy Way Out

August 10, 2019

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Why Writers Shouldn’t Query Self-Published Books

August 8, 2019

Why Writers Shouldn’t Query Self-Published Books

August 8, 2019

Have you self-published a novel you had originally intended to send to literary agents (to see how it did)? Or, did you self-publish a novel, decide that publishing path wasn’t…