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What Is Worldbuilding and Why You Need It
Guest blog by Héctor González
Have you ever experienced a work of fiction so delicious, that by the end you only wondered how it felt so enjoyable ...
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Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How to Write Like a Kid Again
Guest blog by Christine Hanolsy
Anyone who has kids can tell you that they really put a crimp in your writing routine. Homework, flute lessons, soc...
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The Story Engine: Deck of Worlds Now LIVE on Kickstarter
I'm thrilled to announced that the standalone sequel to The Story Engine Deck has just launched on Kickstarter!
Deck of Worlds helps you build lore...
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Confessions of a Procrastinator: How to Sit Down and Write
Guest blog by Tommaso De Benetti, the head of The World Anvil Publishing and the new Broken Tales RPG Kickstarter.
I am a terrible writer. Not in t...
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3 Tips for Staying Inspired to Write During Holiday Stress
Staying inspired to write is hard enough at the best of times, and I find it only gets harder around the holidays.
The time and energy you spend wi...
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3 Psychology Secrets Behind NaNoWriMo (and How to Stay Motivated to Write All Year)
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people they need NaNoWriMo.
Okay, that’s completely unfair. For tons of writers, NaNoWriMo ...
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What Writers Want: 6 Holiday Gift Ideas for Writers
I'm a writer, and I'm notoriously hard to buy gifts for. That goes double for holiday gifts. I'm pretty sure it comes with the writer lifestyle.
Ev...
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I Asked for Wrong Answers to *What is NaNoWriMo?* and the Internet DELIVERED
Okay, so around the time NaNoWriMo kicked off, I posed a bold question to the Internet on my Facebook page, and was greeted with equally bold answe...
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3 Exercises to Get Your Story Unstuck (So You Can Write the Next Lord of the Rings)
The month of NaNoWriMo is upon us, and we’ve just reached the halfway point. In my experience, it’s also the point where a lot of writers get stuck...
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The True Meaning of NaNoWriMo (And Why the “Mo” Matters)
I’m a big fan of NaNoWriMo.
For the uninitiated, that's "National Novel Writing Month," when writers gear up to pound out 50,000 words of a novel t...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Vulnerability
Horror often gets short shrift as a pop genre low on literary merit. That never fails to get my hackles up.
Telling a good horror story requires an...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Suspense and Surprise
Horror is a genre that presses the buttons of human fear psychology to produce a profound response in the reader or audience. An important part of ...
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