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41: Seven Easy Ways to Improve Your Manuscript

Before you send your manuscript to an agent, editor, or your beta readers, use these steps to immediately improve your manuscript. Read the accompanying post at WritingPursuits.com: Seven Easy Ways to Improve Your Manuscript. The question of the week is: What are your favorite last-minute checks before your send your manuscript out? Get your free copy…

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40: Make a Scene in a Good Way

Scenes are the building blocks of novel writing. If you master writing scenes, your stories will be unputdownable. Riveting. Engaging. If you are an experienced author, you know these things, but every fiction author must learn how to write a good scene. The question of the week is: How do you know you have reached…

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39: Ways to Break Through Writer’s Block

Is writer’s block real? Yes. Can you beat it? What to do when you have writer’s block. Writer’s block is not a permanent condition, and there are ways to minimize its impact. The question of the week is: What is your favorite way to get unstuck and beat writer’s block? Get your free copy of…

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38: Fear and Desire, Keys to Conflict

Figuring out your characters’ fears and deepest needs and desires is a key to characterization and generating conflict for your plot. The question of the week is: How have you used your characters’ fears to drive your plot? Or, what is your favorite example of a character’s fears driving a plot? Get your free copy of…

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37: Branding for Middle Grade Fiction, Guest – S. A. Schneider

Today, I have a guest, Stephen Schneider, and we will be discussing his middle grade fiction and a few other topics. Stephen writes as S. A. Schneider, and he is a purveyor of fantasy and a travel guide for kids to explore the many worlds found in books. Anyone who has a wolf should be…

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36: Five Things Authors Should Quit Doing

Time is our most precious commodity, but we spend too much effort and thought–too much time–on stuff that actually holds us back. We also avoid a couple of things that make all the difference. Get your free copy of the First Chapter Rubric. Links: WritingPursuits.com Instagram: @WritingPursuitsPodcast Three Story Method Certified Editor KathreseMcKee.com Mailerlite (affiliate link)…

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35: Is Kindle Vella for You? Guest: Christine Daigle

In this week’s episode, I interview Christine Daigle about her experience with Kindle Vella, and she gives lots of tips and insights for successfully writing serial fiction. Christine is co-writing two Kindle Vella series with Stewart Sternberg under the pen name of L. P. Styles. Guest: Christine Daigle who co-writes with Stewart Sternberg Author Website:…

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34: Seven Tips for Using Universal Book Links

There are plenty of tools and apps to help you market your books, but most of those come at a premium. Today, we are going to look at a free tool that will simplify your life and help you market your books. In fact, you can earn money on books you didn’t write by maximizing…

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33: Is Blogging a Waste of Time for Authors?

Do authors of books need to write blog posts too? What about doing blog tours during your book launch? Who should blog and who shouldn’t? What are the best topics to blog about? Links: WritingPursuits.com Instagram: @WritingPursuitsPodcast Three Story Method Certified Editor KathreseMcKee.com Mailerlite (affiliate link) YourFirstChapter.com

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