https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:02:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/12/make-your-story-golden-with-systematic-editing/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/12/make-your-story-golden-with-systematic-editing/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=49075 No matter how or when you wrote the rough draft, judicious editing is necessary. Lynette M. Burrows discusses systematic editing.

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The post Making NaNoWriMo Work For You first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/making-nanowrimo-work-for-you/feed/ 19 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/10-tips-to-rock-nanowrimo/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/10-tips-to-rock-nanowrimo/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:01:21 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38470 Jenny Hansen offers 10 tips to help you through the agony and ecstacy of #NaNoWriMo.

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