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The Way to Find Where Your Story Starts

/ Openings, Pacing, Plotting & Outlining / 4 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

The Way to Find Where Your Story Starts Stop Backing Off and Dive In! Let me paint you a familiar scene: You’re writing the first chapter of your novel, and the temptation to lay out all the things is overwhelming. You know, the backstory, the history, maybe a tour of the protagonist’s charming little town? […]

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How to get rid of habits that screw with your writing.

/ Habits, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION / 4 minutes of reading

How to get rid of habits that screw with your writing. What’s tripping you up? If you constantly find yourself not writing, it’s time to find the tripwire. The best writing ritual in the world won’t overcome a habit-snare hiding among your prayers to muses and your affirmations that you are a brilliant and prolific

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