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Writing Techniques

Magical Realism and How to Make the Impossible Feel Possible, by Cynthia Pelayo

Writing Techniques Magical Realism and How to Make the Impossible Feel Possible Cynthia Pelayo

Poe and Absence: Loss and Negative Space in the Edgar Allan Poe Canon, by Lyndsay Faye

Writing Techniques Poe and Absence: Loss and Negative Space in the Edgar Allan Poe Canon Lyndsay Faye

Writing Across Generations: How to Keep Readers Invested Through Decades of Storytelling, by Rosa Kwon Easton

Writing Techniques Writing Across Generations: How to Keep Readers Invested Through Decades of Storytelling Rosa Kwon Easton

Cinematic Writing Techniques for Novelists, by Hallie Shepherd

Writing Techniques Cinematic Writing Techniques for Novelists Hallie Shepherd

Using Middle-Grade Fantasy to Write About Immigration, by Leslie Adame

Children's Using Middle-Grade Fantasy to Write About Immigration Leslie Adame

Everything Is Your Problem: Writing Novels vs. Television, by Amanda Mortlock

Writing Techniques Everything Is Your Problem: Writing Novels vs. Television Amanda Mortlock

Writing Techniques Harmful Tropes: Magical Negro Moriah Richard

Every Joke Has a Family: How to Stretch a Bit Into Prose and Keep the Laughs Coming (On Humor), by Karim Shamsi-Basha

Writing Techniques Every Joke Has a Family: How to Stretch a Bit Into Prose and Keep the Laughs Coming (On Humor)Karim Shamsi-Basha

Get Out of the Gloom and Into the Driver's Seat: 4 Instances Where POV Skills Can Level Up Your Writing, by Leah De Forest

Writing Techniques Get Out of the Gloom and Into the Driver’s Seat: 4 Instances Where POV Skills Can Level Up Your Writing Leah De Forest

Don't Shoot: Why I Don't Believe in Chekhov's Gun, by Andrew K. Clark

Writing Techniques Don’t Shoot: Why I Don’t Believe in Chekhov’s Gun Andrew K. Clark

Perfecting the First Chapter: How Romantasy Authors Are Hooking Readers in an Increasingly Crowded Market and Standing the Test of Time, by Taylor J. LaRue

Writing Techniques Perfecting the First Chapter: How Romantasy Authors Are Hooking Readers in an Increasingly Crowded Market and Standing the Test of Time Taylor J. LaRue

My Family Recipe for Strong Reflective Fiction, by K. Ancrum

Writing Techniques My Family Recipe for Strong Reflective Fiction K. Ancrum

Go Deep Without Getting Wet: How to Invite Reflection and Still Get the Laugh (On Humor), by Karim Shamsi-Basha

Writing Techniques Go Deep Without Getting Wet: How to Invite Reflection and Still Get the Laugh (On Humor)Karim Shamsi-Basha

Writing Techniques Harmful Tropes: Bury Your Gays Moriah Richard

Writing a Stand Alone Book That Could Become a Series, by Stella Sands

Writing Techniques Writing a Stand Alone Book That Could Become a Series Stella Sands

5 Ways to Blend Genres Without Losing the Reader, by Leslye Penelope

Writing Techniques 5 Ways to Blend Genres Without Losing the Reader Leslye Penelope