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Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More Guest post by Becca Puglisi When it comes to story conflict, there are so many options to choose from. Power struggles, physical threats, moral dilemmas, failures, ticking clocks — they’re all great for ratcheting up tension, building reader empathy, and strengthening our plotlines. But the conflict we […]
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Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More You have a great idea and you want to start writing a book. You love to write. You’re told you have a way with words. Your friends and family might even be encouraging you to write. But you struggle with: How to begin How to start fleshing […]
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Guest blog by David Loy “You need to grow an audience.” “You need to build an email list.” “You need to get more followers.” These sound like different messages, but they all point to the same foundation: You need to build an author platform. Like most aspiring writers, you might wonder: […]
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So, you want a writing career… You have your reasons. You’ve long loved to write, and people have told you you have a way with words. But how do you know the time is right or whether you have what it takes? I urge you to immerse yourself in the craft. If you really want […]
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Writing a book is no cakewalk. I ought to know—I’ve done it nearly 200 times. But plenty of quality tools help make this challenge easier. The right book writing software can help you: Organize your writing Gain self-confidence Write more crisply Software writing programs you may want to check out: (Full disclosure: If you buy […]
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