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		<title>Plot Fixer #10: A Loss Of Focus</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kara Lennox aka Karen Leabo is back today with her great Plot Fixer series. Don't miss her other blogs! Here are the links for Parts 1-9: Part 1 – Your Premise Isn’t Compelling Part 2 – How To Fix a Weak Opening Part 3 – A Lack of Goals Part 4 – Is Your Conflict [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/01/plot-fixer-10-loss-of-focus/">Plot Fixer #10: A Loss Of Focus</a> first appeared on <a href="https://writersinthestormblog.com">Writers In The Storm</a>.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plot Fixer, Part 7: How To Pick Up The Pace In Your Story</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Look for Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month. This is the seventh in an ongoing series of Plot Fixer blogs by double RITA finalist Kara Lennox. Here are the links for Parts 1-6: Part 1 - [&#8230;]</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Kara is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than sixty novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Random House. AND she’s a 2012 DOUBLE RITA Finalist! Problem #4: A lack of clear-cut goals for your characters In [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Plot Fixer - Part I: Your Premise Isn&#039;t Compelling</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Writers In The Storm welcomes Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo to our family of bloggers. Kara is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than sixty novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Random House. You can read Kara’s blogs here at WITS on the first Friday of each month. She’s starting out with [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://writersinthestormblog.com/2012/04/plot-fixer-part-i-your-premise-isnt-compelling/">Plot Fixer - Part I: Your Premise Isn't Compelling</a> first appeared on <a href="https://writersinthestormblog.com">Writers In The Storm</a>.]]></description>
		
		
		
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