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True and False: Two Kinds of Narrative Suspense
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Building Your Business Model as a Writer
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In Storytelling: Never State What You Can Imply
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Make Your Writing Anxiety Disappear By Thinking Small
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How to Establish Routine While Building Character on the First Page
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Building a Strong Author Platform: It’s Not Just About the Numbers
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Your Characters Don’t Have to Change to Be Compelling
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Writing Scenes: Crafting the Setup and the Payoff
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A Brief History of the Fantasy Genre
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5 On: Ian Thomas Healy
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What You Need to Write Your First Book After Age 50
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The Pleasures of Genre
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What I Earned (and How) During My First Year of Full-Time Freelancing
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My New Book, The Business of Being a Writer, Is Now Available!
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There Are Only 2 Types of Stories—and Why That Matters
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Inhabiting Our Scenes: Information Versus Experience
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AWP 2018: Tips on the Business of Writing and Publishing
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Why Blog—From the Writer Who Said Goodbye to Blogging
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How Your Story Opening Foreshadows (Intentionally or Not) What’s to Come
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How to Write Memoir So They Don’t Read It, They Live It