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How to Avoid Plot Convenience

ByKathrese McKee December 2, 2021December 6, 2021

What is a plot convenience? Can you identify examples of plot convenience in books and movies? Learn how to avoid plot convenience in your novels.

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Make a Living as an Author: Debunking Author Myths

ByKathrese McKee December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Make a Living as an Author: Debunking Author Myths

Mindset

What are your big rocks for 2022?

ByKathrese McKee November 16, 2021August 2, 2022

The one part of the time bucket analogy that works is to do your best to put the big rocks first, so the less important things either fill the spaces between the big rocks or slip over the edges of the bucket and go undone.

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Use Unreliable Narrators in Your Stories

ByKathrese McKee November 11, 2021November 12, 2021

We have all seen courtroom dramas where the witnesses called to testify get on the stand and are shown to be unreliable. After the witness tells what they saw, their testimony gets called into question. A good defense lawyer will cross examine a witness to show they could not actually see what happened with any…

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Use Content Pillars to Generate Strong Content

ByKathrese McKee July 27, 2021August 17, 2022

Use content pillars to generate content for your blog, social media posts, and newsletters. Stop struggling with what to write about in your blog and your author newsletter and your social posts!