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Making Historical Research Work for You (opens the original)
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3 Worldbuilding Pitfalls to Avoid Smelling Like the Bog of Eternal Stench (opens the original)
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I was young once. Brash. Bold. I set out upon my journey into the lower bowels of the writing world with no experience and a brain full of wrinkles and half-gestated ideas. I scoffed at those who came before me and claimed that I could do this little thing called worldbuilding with a plucky can-do attitude and a word processor at my fingertips.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1719856331249-ef3bce2a5304?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ix
Story Structure for Beginners (opens the original)
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When authors say they just make up books as they go along, I kinda cringe inside.There are two possible scenarios here:The author knows story structure innately and is using that innate knowledge to guide their pantsing (as it is often called—flying by the seat of one’s pants).The author has no idea and the book is a hot mess.Books that don’t follow a natural story progression do not work. If you don’t believe me, read Wired for Story by Lisa Cron. Our brains naturally fall into the patterns tha
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