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Write a Better Fiction Story by Finding its Beating Heart

Guest Blogger — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:31:00 +0000

Every story has a beating heart, a vision that keeps all the working parts focused on what really matters. How can you be sure yours has one?

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The Heart of a Novel: Its "About-ness"

Guest Blogger — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:00:05 +0000

Barbara Linn Probst delves into the very heart of your novel: its "About-ness." Learn the questions (and answers) that help your story resonate deeper with readers.

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Finding Your Story's Theme

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:01:35 +0000

Jenny Hansen A few years back, I wrote a post called How To Focus on Your Story's DNA that identified the elements of story that never change. I use those unchanging elements to help keep my story on track. Theme is one of those important elements, and it's a tough one because most of the […]

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Forcing a Story to Evolve—From First Draft to Finished Draft

writersinthestorm — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:35 +0000

Writers In The Storm is delighted to welcome paranormal writer and blogger, Jami Gold! She'll be stopping in over the next few days to answer any comments you have. (Thanks, Jami!) On my blog last week, I talked about how it’s fascinating to watch a story evolve from a story seed into a full-blown draft. […]

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Writing The Big Picture - Don't Trash The Roadmap

Guest Blogger — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:10:54 +0000

By Sharla Rae In our WITS crit group, we all have our individual critiquing talents: grammar, tight writing, action scenes, male point of view, description etc. And when one of us starts a new project, we verbalize or write an outline of the story so that our partners can critique the individual story elements as well as the […]

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