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  • plot point a to b Take Your Foot Off the Gas: Fiction from Point A to Point B Thursday, October 18th, 2018     One Comment

    by Aaron Gansky @adgansky When an idea for a novel pops into our minds, the first thing we like to do is flesh out a few major plot points, which is fine. But, it can become a problem when we race our characters from one place to the next simply…

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  • contracted book How To Write that Book You Just Contracted Friday, September 28th, 2018     Start the Conversation

    by Lucinda Secrest McDowell @LucindaSMcDowel Have you just signed a contract to write a book and now have that angst in your stomach wondering if you can actually fulfill your end of the agreement? What if something comes up between now and the deadline and you can’t produce a quality…

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