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Questioning Your Novel

Exercises in Timed Writing — Freeing Up the Subconscious in Writing

What Is Timed Writing?

These are writing exercises that I do just for myself—ten minutes of typing the thoughts that run through my mind without any censorship, without any editing of self. Forcing words onto the page as they run through my head, not allowing my fingers to hold still at the keyboard.

I recommend this as [...]

Do Writers Need College To Write?

Experts, Professionals, and College

“Do I have to have a college education to make it as a writer?” “I haven’t finished high school. Can I still write?” “I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and I’ve done a lot of writing, but I couldn’t afford to go to college when I was younger . . .”This [...]

How to Tell Who WON’T Make It in Writing (and How Not to Be That Writer

I’ve met thousands of unpublished writers since I started selling my work. I’ve corresponded with at least a couple thousand more. I’ve heard every possible hope and dream about writing, commiserated with sad tales of rejection, cheered over jubilant good news, and listened to more plots than the FBI and more dirt than the parish [...]

WritingWorkshops

Honing Your Talent: A Workshop
Creating Conflict: or, The Joys of Boiling Oil
Scene-Creation Workshop — Writing Scenes that Move Your Story Forward
Novel Pre-Writing Workshop: Better Questions Make A Better Book
- Questioning Your Novel
Timed Writing Workshop — Freeing Up the Subconscious in Writing
- Exercises in Timed Writing — Freeing Up the Subconscious in Writing
The Character Workshop — Designing A Life
Deeper People: Putting Yourself into Your Characters
The Description Workshop
Visualization for Writers
Dialogue Workshop
- Dialogue Examples
Pacing Dialogue and Action Scenes — Your Story at Your Speed
Notecarding: Plotting Under Pressure
Learn How To Create A Professional Plot Outline
How Much of My World Do I Build?
Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World through Mapping
The Serendipity Workshop: Lost on the Border at Twilight
- Strangeness Workshop Tools
One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle
- Revising Vincalis
- Vincalis

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