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Putting "Sizzling Synopsis" Tips into Practice
What to LEAVE OUT to create a slick and scintillating summary
Aug 8, 2023
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Angela Volkov
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July 2022
The Mirror Moment: Why You Should Start Your Novel from the Middle
A summary of James Scott Bell’s #1 Amazon bestselling writing book. How writing one brief monologue will launch your entire novel.
Jul 15, 2022
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Angela Volkov
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June 2022
Exploit the Psychology of Your Reader
A guide to writing transportive and engaging fiction
Jun 16, 2022
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Angela Volkov
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May 2022
A Killer Book Hangover
When escapism goes terribly right
May 20, 2022
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Angela Volkov
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January 2022
On Reading 'The Prince' and Vowing to Use Fewer Run-on Sentences
Will reading "The Prince" help me avoid pitfalls in my own writing, and, more importantly, will I finally figure out what went wrong when I played…
Jan 26, 2022
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Angela Volkov
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Beautiful and Reactive: On Poorly Written Fictional Female Characters
Almost sounds like I'm talking about an element off the periodic table: let's call it poorlywrittenum
Jan 10, 2022
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Angela Volkov
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November 2021
A Cold-Blooded Way to Kill Your Darlings
On identifying sentences that don’t serve you well
Nov 19, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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A Flawed Model of the World
How to mould a believable psyche by determining your protagonist’s most protected, irrational belief. Lessons from Will Storr's "The Science of…
Nov 12, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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Getting S.O.R.T.E.D & Sorting Out Psychological Complexes
Structuring my first non-fiction book; making my way through "How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy" by Orson Scott Card and various self-imposed…
Nov 5, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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Banal but Relatable, Why your Instagram Poetry Sucks
Everything wrong with Instagram “poems” and “poets”
Nov 3, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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August 2021
How to Write Compelling Characters
A guide to creating realistic and sympathetic characters according to the wisdom of dramatist Lajos Egri
Aug 27, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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Your Work-in-Progress in Five Words
Never get stuck again knowing "premise" is the heart and roadmap of your story
Aug 13, 2021
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Angela Volkov
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