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Finding the Heart of Your Story: A Guide to Theme Development
If your plot is your story's skeleton and your character's are it's life blood, then the theme is the beating heart. Theme provides the...
thewritercommunity
Jun 12, 2023
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moving on to a new project after years on the same one
The Setting Ten years is a long time to be working on a book series. One set of characters. One world. During those ten years I’ve moved...

RaeLynn Fry
Sep 28, 2022
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"Low Time Preference" Writing Process
My writing was dead. My words were dull and dry, my characters flat and lifeless, and my plot a steaming heap of contradictions and...

Jennie Fournier
Jun 1, 2022
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How to Write your Synopsis
You’ve done it! You finally finished drafting and revising that behemoth of a novel and it’s on the road to publication and getting into...

Janine Batiste
Mar 3, 2022
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How to Write LGBTQ+ Relationships
Oh, hello there. Don’t mind me, the panicked queer author hiding in the corner of the Romance party, sweating nervously at the prospect...

Lily Rooke
Feb 24, 2022
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How to Write Romance
So, you’ve got two characters who are perfect for each other. You know it, but they don’t know it yet, do they? Congratulations! You’re...

Maile Starr
Feb 10, 2022
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All About Beta Readers
Have you written a novel? Wait, an ENTIRE novel? Congratulations! You should be extremely proud of your accomplishment. Now what? After a...

Rosalyn Briar
Dec 16, 2021
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How to Pause and Not Quit
November is over, and for many writers, that means the end of National Novel Writing month. With so many of our community members coming...

Kear Anne Simmons
Dec 1, 2021
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15 Questions to Help you Create Binge-Worthy Books
I made this list as part of my revision process for my debut novel, Let it Reign. I hoped to write a book readers would struggle to put...

Cathrine Swift
Nov 25, 2021
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Finding Your Unique Voice
One of the hardest parts of being a writer is finding our voice. That unique quality to our writing that makes it distinctively ours....

Isobelle Lans
Nov 18, 2021
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The Four Stages of NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo (NaNo) is not just a writing challenge, it’s also a writing community that spans across oceans and time. It’s my favourite time...

Mandy Kontos
Nov 11, 2021
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Writing Short Stories to Prepare for NaNoWriMo
While the world is busy wrapping up halloween costumes, eating up all that halloween candy and buying christmas decorations, all the...

Sania Jain
Nov 4, 2021
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How to Hook Readers with your First Sentence
“It was a bright spring day when Calla Emery kneed the man her mother sent to woo her, deep in the crotch.” With this first sentence,...

Katherine D. Graham
Oct 28, 2021
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From Pantser to Planner: Tips on Outlining your Novel
Would you believe me if I told you that not four years ago, I sat down to write a four-book fantasy series with nothing written down,...

Lily Hammer
Oct 20, 2021
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Craft Books About Writing you Need to Read
Deep in the drafting trenches whilst trying to write my first book, I realised three things; I had no idea how to effectively structure a...

Rachel Zillikens
Oct 14, 2021
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How to Design your Novel
There are countless ways to go about writing a novel, as many ways as there are writers, and more. No two stories are brought into this...

Nik Bright
Oct 7, 2021
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How to Learn the Rules So You Can Break Them
I write this article with one important caveat. You need to know the “rules” of writing first. If you’re a newbie writer, the best advice...

Laura Savage
Sep 23, 2021
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Why journaling is an important tool for every writer
Tension is arguably the most essential aspect of any story worth writing and writing worth reading. Authentic tension connects us to the...

Christine Bergsma
Sep 15, 2021
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How to Balance Writing with the Day Job
I completed the second draft of The Mover of Mountains whilst working two jobs. Weekdays, I’d work 9-to-5 as a numerical modeller;...

Esme Carmichael
Sep 9, 2021
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Ten Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Draft
Five years ago, I decided to write a book. So, I did. It was easy. Said no writer in the history of the world, ever. When I began writing...

Rachel Zillikens
Sep 2, 2021
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