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You work hard at being a writer. You try to follow all the advice. You write book after book and even manage to get something published....

If you had a reader sitting in front of you right now, which of the following would you use to open your story with? 1. A nagging worry...

What’s your most valuable commodity? You may have thought of your house or some appliance or object within it; perhaps you thought of a...

What resonates with readers? Fear. No, I don’t mean that you all have to rush off and write horror novels - though I know one famous and...

Have you reached a point with your activities as a writer where you now have written your novel and have even perhaps posted it online -...

’Once upon a time…’ Whenever a story-teller says those words, what happens in the minds of his or her audience? A story-teller is a...

A great story begins with an idea. With foresight, an author who is going to be successful might glimpse the satisfaction that...

The difference between finding time for your writing and making time for your writing is that when you are just finding time, you are...

There are two different approaches to getting more time to write: finding time and making time. Finding time is the lesser of the two. It...

If the truth about stories is that they are like icebergs, with 80% of what makes them work lying beneath the surface, then we can use...