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Plot Sticking the Landing: How to Nail Your Novel Ending

Bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan shares strategies to write the satisfying novel endings that readers crave.

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Plot On Moving Past Plotlessness Andrea Uptmor

Plot When the Ending Answers the Beginning (or, The Power of Chiastic Storytelling)Julie Carrick Dalton

Writing Habits and Practices What Happens When a Mother Wants to Break Free?Caitlin Shetterly

Writing Techniques The One Big Question We All Work With in Fiction Sara Foster

Plot How Escapism Grounds Us: Writing “What If” Stories Lori Gold

Plot The Failed Plot, and the Novel I Gained Along the Way Rosie Walker

Plot A Tale in Two Parts: Top Tips for Writing a Duology Sadie Turner

Plot Plotting or Plodding: How to Keep Your Story Moving Sheila Roberts

Plot Keeping Track of Your Story With Maps and Paper Dolls Lisa K Friedman

Plot 5 Steps to Avoid the Muddle in the Middle of Your Novel Hank Phillippi Ryan

Plot How to Use Cliffhangers (And Not Make Readers Hate You)Charlie N. Holmberg

Writing Techniques A MotherDaughter Lost and Found in Hell: Writing My Novel From the Mother’s Journey Jennifer Givhan

Mystery/Thriller The Perfect Puzzle: 7 Tips for Creating Fiendish Mystery Plots Tom Mead

Plot How to Plot a Plot Twist: 5 Steps to Writing a Satisfying Switch Up Laura Leffler

Writing Techniques Building High Stakes in a Romantasy Plot LJ Andrews

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