Do Your Stories Have Deeper Meanings?
A joke about authors vs. English teachers has circulated online for years. What can it teach us about how readers interpret our story?
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What Do You Do with Disappointment?
Disappointment is an unavoidable aspect of living, but how we react to the disappointment—or the failure to get what we want—can teach us about ourselves.
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Boring Love Scene? 3 Pitfalls to Avoid — Guest: Roni Loren
Love scenes are often difficult to write, especially if we don’t know how to write them well. Roni Loren’s sharing 3 pitfalls to avoid.
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Do You Read Recently Published Books?
Should writers read current books in their genre? Some say this is common sense, but others think it’s controversial. Why should we read recent books?
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Discovering What Matters: Editing and Your Life
What does the moving process have in common with the editing process? Both make us prioritize, purge, and question what matters.
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What Do the Calls for Diversity Mean for Our Writing?
A recent controversy in the writing world might make us wonder: What do the calls for better handling of diversity and inclusion mean for our writing and story ideas?
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Reading Challenge: Overcome the Algorithms
If we fall into a reading rut, a reading challenge can help us expand our choices, so keeping track of what we read can be useful—for readers and writers.
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Writing and Publishing Are Full of Contradictions
Balance can be hard to find within the writing industry, especially as our publishing life is full of contradictions, leading to frustration and burnout.
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Happy New Year! Welcome to a Blank Page
The New Year can offer us an opportunity for making changes in our life, but for that we need a blank page on which we can create a new story for our life.
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What Authors or Books Did You Discover This Year?
As we wrap up 2019, let’s give a shout out to a book or author we’ve discovered this past year! Who’s a new favorite? Or what book did you discover by a new-to-you author?
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