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8 Tips for Turning Your Short Story into a Full-Length Novel

Do you yearn to turn your bite-sized tale into a novel-sized epic story? Here are eight tips to make a little story into a bigger story you're proud of.

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How To Use Traits to Create Character Arcs

How do you create a compelling character arc? Sarah Hamer breaks this down using a classic movie example. Great questions here!

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Judgement! Or Why We Don’t Believe in our Writing

How we judge ourselves comes from our culture and upbringing. Are we setting impossible standards for our writing? Are we writing for the right reasons?

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Writing to a Theme: Questions to Find Your Story's Heart

Writing a story to theme helps steer the writing in the right direction. Sarah (Sally) Hamer offers questions to help us find the heart of our story.

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Going Beyond Those First 50 Pages

What are the skills that take your story past your initial idea? Here are three from Sally Hamer that will make a big difference!

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