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

Guest Blogger — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:01:00 +0000

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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Writing Tip: "Your Mess Is Your Message"

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:50:38 +0000

Jenny Hansen discusses writing voice, vulnerability, and offers tips to tune into your writing voice and dive deep into your theme.

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Non-Linear Writing – Focus On Your Story's DNA

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:15:58 +0000

by Jenny Hansen To answer this week’s “throwdown” here at Writers In The Storm, I’m taking the Non-Linear approach. That means that where Laura must start at the beginning and move forward in an organized manner, I simply cannot do so. The linear approach kills my stories. After nearly fifteen years of banging my head against […]

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