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11 Signs You’re Ready to Self-Publish
Find the Ending Before You Return to the Beginning
Backstory and Exposition: 4 Key Tactics
Fix Your Scene Shapes to Quickly Improve Your Manuscript
Get Reader Reviews Now to Drive Sales Later
Building Your Writing Support Triangle
Do Stories Have a Universal Shape?
The Importance of Finding Your Marketing Sweet Spot
The One Thing Your Novel Absolutely Must Do
Understanding Third-Person Point of View: Omniscient, Limited and Deep
Embracing a Creative Pivot: Q&A with Darien Hsu Gee
How to Restart Your Unfinished Book
The Differences Between Line Editing, Copy Editing, and Proofreading
The Key Book Publishing Paths: 2021–2022
Writing With Sharpness: Q&A with Elinor Lipman
How I Landed a Book Deal Via Twitter—Unintentionally
Using Book Promotion Newsletters to Increase Sales
Is Your Writer’s Block Really Writer’s Indecision?
How to Effectively Manage Multiple Narrators in Your Novel
The End May Only Be the Beginning: Infusing New Life Into Your Fiction
