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Self-Imposed Deadlines to Increase Writing Productivity

About a month ago my husband and I started reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and one chapter into the book I realized how grea...

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5 Ways to Use Immersive Writing to Keep Your Readers Hooked

What's your favorite book? Is it the Harry Potter series? A Stephen King novel? What about a children's book that takes you back to yeste...

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How to Dictate Your Novel: An Introduction

I love the response that I've had to my more technical videos, my latest on Scrivener being the biggest hit. What I love even more, thoug...

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How to Win NaNoWriMo This Year

Some people don’t like NaNoWriMo because it doesn’t breed good daily writing habits. It’s a 50,000 word race to the finish line but most ...

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How to Write a Great First Chapter - A Great Opening

In your book-dreams, someone at the bookstore picks up your book-baby and flips to the very first chapter. They start reading. Then what ...

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Transition Into Writing With Dictation - The Dreaded Learning Curve

There's a lot of conflicting opinions surrounding dictation - some absolutely love it and others couldn't hate it more if they tried. You...

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