HeyJaredTurning to Story
Authors Anna Mercier and Lyssa Mia Smith fight to keep the joy in writing through weekly explorations of the one thing writers can control: their craft.
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Your Taste is Your Revision Superpower (opens the original)
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Your exquisite tasteUsing taste as a diagnostic toolResources1. Your exquisite tasteDo you know who has the best taste of all your past, present, and future readers?You.That’s right: you. Not only because you read the Turning to Story Substack (and obviously, are a loyal listener to the podcast). You know a good book when you read one. You know the tropes you crave, the twists that make you scream, the kind of prose that brings tears to your eyes. After years of reading, you’ve developed a finel
The Three Pillars of Thirst (opens the original)
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Hoa hoa hoa seasonThe Three Pillars of ThirstResources & Updates1. Hoa hoa hoa season 🧛Happy autumn, Team Curiosity! And to those not in our hemisphere, happy spring! (Honestly, this whole “different seasons for different hemispheres” thing feels like a random fantasy world building rule). It is currently 64 degrees and cloudy in NY, so Lyssa is pretending she’s in Forks. Anna, meanwhile, is revising her little heart out down
Drafting a Novel in Five Weeks (opens the original)
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Backstreet’s Turning to Story’s Back, Alright!Drafting a Novel in Five Weeks, by AnnaFact Check & Updates<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="771" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6BoN!,w
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