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What Writing Mysteries Taught Me About Fiction Writing

Award-winning author Susan Breen shares six specific things she learned from writing mysteries that helps with writing all genres of fiction.

Susan Breen
The Healing Power of Fiction: Turning Pain Into ProseSomia Sadiq
3 Reasons to Reveal Real Secrets (Or Their Emotional Residue) in Your FictionJ.E. Thomas
When Pantsing Pays Off for WritersChris Saunders
Why I Wrote Fiction Instead of Memoir—Even Though Much of It Is TrueAndres Schabelman
Why I Choose to Self-Publish My WritingNorah Woodsey
Finding Freedom in Fiction WritingJean Trounstine
The Power of Proximity: On Using Personal Experience to Write FictionAmanda DuBois
How to Turn Real-Life Events Into Compelling FictionSusan Azim Boyer
4 Rules on How to Write the Conflict Between Loyalty and Self-Interest in FictionKelly Loy Gilbert
Misdirection Is the Secret Sauce of Plot Twists and Surprise EndingsRobert McCaw
Fiction Gives Me HopeNandita Dinesh
The Story of a Heel: Notes on Memoir and FictionJoel Agee
3 Things I Learned About Writing From Reading L.A. Weather by María Amparo EscandónAmy Jones
5 Ways to Seize the Moment With Sensory Detail in Action ScenesHelen Hardt
Samantha Mabry: Author SpotlightAmy Jones

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