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Break Into Freelance Writing with These Key Tips
No one said freelance writing is easy. Sure, life as a digital nomad has its perks. Nothing compares to the freedom and flexibility you gain on your time. It’s awesome to work from home and try new...
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Where to Find Grants for Your Next Writing Project (Get Paid to Write? Yes!)
The writing life doesn’t have to be all starving artist. Grants for writers are out there, and they can help fund your next project. But you have to know how to find them. Nonfiction writer and...
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Every Great Work of Fiction Has This One Thing
This is part one of the MBTI for Writers Series—a quick overview of MBTI and how it works. See the character creation worksheets and the 16 personality types (and how to use them to write complex...
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So What Exactly Is MBTI? The 5-Minute Breakdown for Writers
This is part two of the MBTI for Writers Series—a quick overview of MBTI and how it works. See the character creation worksheets and the 16 personality types (and how to use them to write complex...
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3 Ways to Know (or Choose) Your Fictional Character’s MBTI Type + An Overview...
This is part four of the MBTI for Writers Series. See the character creation worksheets and cheatsheets in the rest of the series. Character development can be tough for writers who don’t have the...
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The Truth about MBTI Character Types Every Writer Should Know
This is part three of the MBTI for Writers Series. See the character creation worksheets and the 16 personality types (and how to use them to write complex characters) in the rest of the series. Before...
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Review: David Mamet Teaches Dramatic Writing. Is The Course Worth It?
What stands in your way, writer? Writer’s block makes it tough to know sometimes. Is it just fear? Or is there some writing skill left to uncover before you can move your story forward? I love me some...
View ArticleHow to Trust Your Writing: 3 Helpful Tips from 3 Renowned Novelists
You’ve heard this one before, I bet. Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctorow But if this quote...
View Article5 Hard-Hitting Plot Tools To Get Your Story Unstuck
Admit it. Plotting a novel can be a bitch. You start down the path all plucky and excited to translate your beautiful novel onto the page, and what happens? Characters fall flat. Tension fizzles out....
View ArticleThis Formula Solves The ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Writing Dilemma Once And For All
So I’m working on this short story I started for some Glimmer Train contest or other. But it grew like a weed all unwieldy, and now it’s burst through its word count limit and its deadline. And I wish...
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