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Why I Keep Coming Back to the Same Questions in My Novels (and Why You Should Too), by Jen Craven
Why I Keep Coming Back to the Same Questions in My Novels—And Why You Should TooJen Craven
The Healing Power of Fiction: Turning Pain Into Prose, by Somia Sadiq
The Healing Power of Fiction: Turning Pain Into ProseSomia Sadiq
Magical Realism With Roots: Grounding the Fantastic in the Familiar in Fiction, by Elizabeth Bass Parman
Magical Realism With Roots: Grounding the Fantastic in the Familiar in FictionElizabeth Bass Parman
Tension, Twists, and Happily Ever Afters: 5 Things I Learned in Switching Genres, by Kathleen Barber
Tension, Twists, and Happily Ever Afters: 5 Things I Learned in Switching GenresKathleen Barber
Where I'm Writing From: How Experience Shapes Everything in Fiction, by James Wade
Where I’m Writing From: How Experience Shapes Everything in FictionJames Wade
Drafting and Revising: Do Authors Have to Love Both?, by Khadijah VanBrakle
Drafting & Revising: Do Authors Have to Love Both?Khadijah VanBrakle
How to Choose the Best POV in FictionBarbara Josselsohn
8 Tips for Increasing Tension in Any Genre, by Laura Resau
8 Tips for Increasing Tension in Any GenreLaura Resau
The Myth of Lightning: Or How My Morbid Curiosity Led to My Most Recent Novel | Karen White
The Myth of Lightning: Or, How My “Morbid Curiosity” Led to My Most Recent NovelKaren White
A MotherDaughter Lost and Found in Hell: Writing My Novel From the Mother's Journey, by Jennifer Givhan
A MotherDaughter Lost and Found in Hell: Writing My Novel From the Mother’s JourneyJennifer Givhan
Write What You Don't Know, by Colleen Patrick
Write What You Don’t KnowColleen Patrick
3 Reasons to Reveal Real Secrets Or Their Emotional Residue in Your Fiction | J.E. Thomas
3 Reasons to Reveal Real Secrets (Or Their Emotional Residue) in Your FictionJ.E. Thomas
Confounding Expectations | Matty Dalrymple
Confounding ExpectationsMatty Dalrymple
Social Media as a Narrative Tool: How to Integrate Modern Platforms Into Fiction, by Mark Sarvas
Social Media as a Narrative Tool: How to Integrate Modern Platforms Into FictionMark Sarvas
How I Hacked My Way to Writing a NovellaKatherine Quevedo
How to Find Light in the Darkness in Fiction, by Lauren Magaziner
How to Find Light in the Darkness in FictionLauren Magaziner

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