plotting

Writing in a book - developing a theme to drive the story

Developing a Killer Theme

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NaNo Prep – Midpoint

Hello again aspiring authors! Last time, we looked at the Beginning and End of our story.  We knew how our character started and how the character ended up.  Hopefully with some characterization and change along the way. Before we dive into the next part, I just wanted to take a minute and say that a

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How I write: Part 4 – Sweet Emotions

Before I start writing, I have one more step, and I think it’s the most important. I go through my scenes to figure out a couple of things in each: emotions and action.

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How I Write: Part 3 – The Structure

Here’s Part 3 of my series on how I write. I’m going to be talking about structure of the story here, and the tool that I usually use: Scrivener. If you are a writer that writes long form, I would highly recommend getting and getting used to Scrivener. However, everyone’s process is different, so you can read what I have and adapt as you need too.

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