Writers: How Do You Track Your Progress?

After years of trying out several different ways to track my writing progress, I think I’ve finally found the one that works best for me…

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How To Edit Your Novel (In Sixteen Steps)

The best way to learn how to do something properly is to do it wrong dozens of times until you figure it out … right?

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Writers: On (Temporary) Mid-Draft Abandonment

Do you abandon your writing projects?

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On NaNoWriMo Learnings

I mentioned before how I attempted to NaNo for the first time ever this year, and…

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Writers: How Long Does It Take You From First Draft To Finished?

At my writing group last week, an interesting question arose…

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3 Ways to Outline Your Novel

Outlining. Do you need it?

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Writing Tip: Make Your Characters Human

Which is easier said than done.

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When To Open Your Story Up To Critique

As always, writing advice is subjective;  do what works for you. But early on in my writing endeavors, I read a book that changed the way I thought about drafting and receiving critical feedback on my work, so I wanted to share my method…

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What Part Are You Good At?

I have an important question to ask you writers on this rainy (if you’re in the tri-state area) Monday… What part are you good at?

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How Many Unfinished Novels Do You Have?

This past weekend, I hit a wall with my current novel-in-progress. I’m not sure what it is, only that I lost the love of writing it. This has happened to me before. And I knew I had two choices.

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