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What If You Wrote

(#25) Season writing tips for autumnal stories

Autumn is THE most aesthetic season to write about, but you do need more than vibes to write a story. In this episode, I help you truly SHOW this season in your writing, and I…Read more

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(#24) Story ideas about historical figures

Have you ever thought of using a real historical figure as a character in your story? In this episode, we'll explore a few options for doing this and I give you some ideas for stories…Read more

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(#23) Editing quick tips: Repetitive actions in your writing

This week's episode is another edition of editing quick tips: What to do when your characters are constantly looking, frowning, sighing or anything else completely repetitive, redundant, duplicative and repetitive. As always, this stuff is…Read more

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(#22) People have thoughts about AI and writing (they’re bad)

When it comes to using generative AI to help you write, or even write completely for you, people on the internet have A LOT of thoughts. Unfortunately, many of those thoughts are based on misunderstanding…Read more

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(#21) How to surprise your readers with a PLOT TWIST

Does your character see dead people? In this episode, we're talking about what a plot twist actually is and how you can write one in three easy steps. I bet you didn't see THAT coming!…Read more

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(#20) Editing quick tips: When your character DECIDE stuff

Our new Editing Quick Tips series is exactly what it sounds like: Quick, laser-focused tips that you'll need during the editing process. In this episode, we're focusing on when your characters "decide" something. What do…Read more

(#26) Plot holes and how to avoid them

Got nothing to write about? Let’s fix that.

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