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Category: Margie Lawson

Tag Your Dialogue with Big-Time Power!

Many opportunities important to the story are missed if you use simple dialogue tags. Margie Lawson shows how to grab that emotion. Get it on the page!

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Writing Fast or Slow, Deep Editing is the Way to Go!

Margie Lawson shares from her deep editing tips.
Writing one book a year?
You can use more of her deep editing techniques!

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Creating Wow Power in Your First Paragraph!

Margie Lawson shares her Deep Edit Analysis Checklist to teach us how to turn first paragraphs into winners that wow and hook readers!

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Writing Fresh: Laughs, Giggles, and Snorts that carry POWER!

When people laugh, we almost always pick up what’s behind their laughter. We pick up nuances that add interest and depth and power.

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Writing Rules to Make you Shine, not Whine

Margie Lawson has gathered some of the best writing rules from: Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Maya Angelou, Jack London, Elmore Leonard, and Neil Gaiman.

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