A few weeks back, we hosted 19 folks at our Whole Novel Historical Fiction workshop. Mealtimes were lively with ...
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Imagine it: Someone hands you a credit card without a limit and says, “Go nuts.” Oh, the possibilities...oh, the ...
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No, that isn’t a spelling mistake. Next time you’re out walking through the woods (or running along city streets), ...
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There is magic in discovering a character’s journey – no matter the age, no matter the genre. We cast a spell on ...
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It often takes years for a writer to find his or her authentic voice. Voice is not simply the way a writer says ...
In a fervent effort to procrastinate from writing a synopsis, I found myself organizing notebooks. I know that a ...
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The beginning of the Getting to Know Your Novel workshop was all fun and games. The number-one rule that our ...
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To develop character, we must make a number of choices: name, gender, age, race, shape, and more. We dig deeper to ...
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Nicole Valentine (nicolevalentinebooks.com), one of the faculty for our Whole Novel Workshop, shared some thoughts ...
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What kind of kids’ books do you think of when I say "science"? Probably nonfiction. I mean, let’s face it. There ...
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When I begin a new novel, I often struggle with the feeling that I don’t know enough about the characters’ world ...
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You might have as few as five pages to impress readers of your novel.
What makes the first 50 pages of your novel ...
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