Does Conflict Really Belong on Every Page? — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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What are the different layers of conflict? How can understanding the different levels of conflict help our writing?

What Gives Our Story Meaning?

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It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re digging into the lessons we can take away from the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

How to Make the Most of Our Story’s Tropes

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring how to improve our writing with story tropes.

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How Can We Worldbuild on an Epic Scale?

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Can we learn from big shared-world universes like Star Wars how to builcohesive epic-sized story worlds (without planning everything in advance)?

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Storytelling Conflict: A Broader View

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What does it mean to take a different approach to conflict? And how can that understanding help us keep readers engaged in our story?

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Writing Conflict: Love, Work, and Office Romance — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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Our character’s job can be a source of story conflict, but how can we avoid clichés, especially with an office romance? Angela Ackerman shares her tips.

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Writing Process: Developing a Coherent Story — Guest: Jael R. Bakari

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As we develop a story idea, how do we know if all the pieces fit together? Guest Jael R. Bakari is sharing her process for keeping track of all the details.

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What’s Our Character’s Job? Here’s Help (& a Giveaway)!

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Before we figure out how to tie our character’s occupation to the story, we might need to understand more about the job and what it means for them.

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How to Level Up Our Storytelling with Self-Awareness

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Self-awareness is a good trait for writers to have. What 5 habits can help us become more self-aware, and how can they strengthen our storytelling skills?

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