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Inspiration From Life

Writing Habits and PracticesThe Intersection of Inspiration and Research for My Novel

Award-winning writer Karen F. Uhlmann shares the inspiration for her novel as well as the research required to pull it off.

Karen F. Uhlmann
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The Writer's LifeThoughts on Unleashing the Ideas Inside YouAnika Scott
Writing Habits and PracticesFinding Inspiration in Everyday PlacesCandi Sary
Writing Habits and PracticesHappy Accidents: On Keeping Yourself Open to PossibilitiesTilly Bridges
Write Better FictionHaley Jakobson: On Writing a Book for Her Teenage Self to ReadRobert Lee Brewer
Write Better NonfictionHadley Vlahos: On Writing a Memoir About Working as a Hospice NurseRobert Lee Brewer
Writing TechniquesInserting Real Events Into Historical FictionJ.B. Rivard
writing techniqueUsing Real-Life Details to Ground Your Thriller NovelJeremy Scott
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's DigestWhen Truth Is Stranger Than (Children’s) FictionJoy Lanzendorfer

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