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The Secret to Avoiding Cliffhanger Anger
Read more: The Secret to Avoiding Cliffhanger AngerMany authors suggest using cliffhangers as incentive for readers to continue, but they also warn that this technique can anger readers who feel cheated when they learn they must wait longer for the satisfaction they’d been promised. Common advice seems to be to use them sparingly and only when you know what you’re doing. But…
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Creating Story Seeds: Premise + Plot = Story
Read more: Creating Story Seeds: Premise + Plot = StoryThere are lots of fill-in-the-blank templates to create a good hook or pitch for what your story is about. But does that really help you understand how those moving parts that make up your story work together? I like to call such a paragraph pitch for a story a story seed. A story seed is…
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Celebrating My 10th Nanoversary! (And Digging Out My First NaNoWriMo Draft)
Read more: Celebrating My 10th Nanoversary! (And Digging Out My First NaNoWriMo Draft)I can still remember sitting at my desk at the end of the upstairs hall to write my very first novel. It’s hard to believe that was already ten years ago! I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo every year since then and even a few Camp NaNos. Each November a new story came to life on my…
