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Using Photographs, Maps, and Art to Inspire and Inform Your Draft, by Kate Khavari

Writing Techniques Using Photographs, Maps, and Art to Inspire and Inform Your Draft Kate Khavari

9 Tips for Writing Fiction Rooted in Real Medicine, by Christina LePort

Writing Techniques 9 Tips for Writing Fiction Rooted in Real Medicine Dr. Cristina LePort

Creating Depth in Feel-Good Fiction, by RaeAnne Thayne

Writing Techniques Creating Depth in Feel-Good Fiction RaeAnne Thayne

How to Create Conflict for Fun and Profit, by Sheila Roberts

Writing Techniques How to Create Conflict for Fun and Profit Sheila Roberts

The Naked Sentence: Why Stripping Respects Your Reader, by John K. Danenbarger

Writing Techniques The Naked Sentence: Why Stripping Respects Your Reader John Danenbarger

Writing Fiction From Personal Experience, by Perrin Pring

Writing Techniques Writing Fiction From Personal Experience Perrin Pring

On Writing Platonic Love, by L.V. Penalba

Writing Techniques On Writing Platonic Love L.V. Peñalba

My Research Journey for My Novel, by Susan McGuirk

Writing Techniques My Research Journey for My Novel Susan McGuirk

Fairy Tales as Survival Stories: A Personal Tale, by Dale M. Kushner

Writing Techniques Fairy Tales as Survival Stories: A Personal Tale Dale M. Kushner

The One Big Question We All Work With in Fiction, by Sara Foster

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

6 Screenwriting Tips to Improve Your Novel, by Gregory Poirier

Writing Techniques 6 Screenwriting Tips to Improve Your Novel Gregory Poirier

Write What You Don't Know: Crossing Boundaries in Fiction, by Joseph Moldover

Writing Techniques Write What You Don’t Know: Crossing Boundaries in Fiction Joseph Moldover

Writing About Places When You Don't Live There, by Sheila Yasmin Marikar

Writing Techniques Writing About Places When You Don’t Live There Sheila Yasmin Marikar

4 Things I Do Before I Write the First Word of a Novel, by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Writing Techniques 4 Things I Do Before I Write the First Word of a Novel Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Magic Between the Lines: Magical Realism in Storytelling, by Garrett Curbow

Writing Techniques Magic Between the Lines: Magical Realism in Storytelling Garrett Curbow

Writing Books in the Age of AI, by Laura Brooke Robson

Writing Techniques Writing Books in the Age of AI Laura Brooke Robson