writing tips
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Are You Planning Out Your Story Too Much?
Writing spontaneously is exciting. A lot of the time, you really don’t know what’s going to…
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Changes to Your Story You Could Be Making for the Wrong Reasons
Whether or not Elsa might want a girlfriend is up to Elsa.
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What Is an Idea Journal, and How Is it Going to Change the Way You Write?
You cannot be inspired to develop an idea that does not yet exist.
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How Not to End a Novel
There are going to be people out there who want to know what happens to their…
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Is Your Fear of the ‘Wrath of Angry Readers’ Holding You Back?
Even though a published story is no longer “ours,” that doesn’t mean we lose the right…
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Does a Main Character Always Have to Change for the Better?
What we want to see happen in a story is not always what we need to…
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Staring at Your Computer, Not Being Able to Write, Is Not Writer’s Block
We waste a lot of time trying to ‘find’ the motivation we have somehow apparently lost.
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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Giving Up on Your Novel
Life throws up roadblocks all the time. We get sick. We get busy. A friend comes…
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I Have Too Many Ongoing Writing Projects. Yeah … It’s a problem.
I know. I have a problem. Trust me, this is not news.
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When a Character Isn’t Sorry for What They Have Done
Books do a lot of things. They entertain. They transport. They comfort. They also teach.
Meg Dowell Writes 