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Coming back to what matters (in stories and in life)
On figuring out what’s happened to modern storytelling, dissecting your DNFs, understanding your editorial report (or “edit letter”), and avoiding four…
January's gift to your writing: A clean work plan for your manuscript
On organizing your writing projects for the coming year, the danger of overexplaining in dialogue, ten things about showing and about telling, and how…
Subtextually speaking ...
No subtext about this announcement: One seat left in my weekly workshop group! Story Lab could be your weekly writing haven in a friendly, coach-led…
Last openings: Grab your seat for Story Lab
Two seats left in Story Lab, my weekly small-group coaching program. If you've been thinking about joining, this is your chance—grab your seat now and…
Surviving the writer's freshman era
Getting through the freshman writing era, wins and losses with trad publishing, using ephemera in your book, and an Amazon royalty explainer.
Two seats left: Grab your seat for Story Lab
Premium subscribers, this one's for you: early access to the two remaining seats in Story Lab, my weekly small-group coaching group. Grab your seat…
Is your "suspense" creating sheer confusion?
On overly "mysterious" openings, marketing support from publishers, the D&D approach to character development, and excellent habits for writers—plus…
Stop showing off the story you haven't written
On sharing before it's time, spotting major story issues, cross-training via reading, a business mindset for authors—oh, and the winner of our drawing…
A reader payoff and some foreshadowing
I'm pouring this issue with a cup of celebratory tea, because I have a gift for one of you—plus some thoughts on what's ahead for The Writes of Fiction.
Writes of Fiction
Writes of Fiction
A slow-simmered assortment of old and new thinking about writing fiction—assembled at my desk, not by algorithm.
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