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How to Focus on Your Story's DNA

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:01:47 +0000

Though we are a very cohesive group here at Writers in the Storm, we are split down the middle in writing style. Laura and Fae write their stories in a linear fashion while Julie and I quilt ours together scene by scene. The linear approach kills my stories, but story quilting lets me focus on my […]

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Give Your Readers What They Want

Fae Rowen — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:00:50 +0000

Yesterday I opened an e-mail from a source that I usually delete without reading. I'd purchased something from a "sister" company a month ago, and it seems that every week a new spin-off email touting the same information I'd wanted when I bought that resource book lands in my inbox. And though some of the […]

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Should Your Story Have a Happy Ending?

Guest Blogger — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 11:00:47 +0000

James Preston Once upon a time my wife and were doing our second-favorite thing, sitting up late at night reading. Suddenly she yelled something like ARRGH or UGH and threw the book across the room, where the poor thing bounced off the wall and landed on the floor. The cat wisely jumped up and took […]

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