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Sacha Black is a bestselling author, host of The Rebel Author Podcast and Next Level Authors, and...
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Powered by RedCircle Maya Angelou was a wonderful and inspirational woman. I’m dusting off that history degree again to bring you a little story about a woman who came from very little and went on to impact the world with her...
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Powered by RedCircle A daily writing habit doesn’t have to mean getting words onto the page every day. There’s a lot more to it than that! Whilst hitting certain word count goals is great, and it is important to have those...
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Powered by RedCircle The woman who self published her first book, studied mushrooms, drew beautiful animal illustrations, and continues to influence pop culture today. The basics Beatrix was born on July 28th 1866 and died...
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5. What Makes a Good Character?
Powered by RedCircle This week’s tasty treat comes in the form of making a good character, and...
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4. Women Writers: Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Writing, Depression, and Feminism
Powered by RedCircle Welcome to our very first case study! I shall dust off my (almost entirely...
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2. How to Dig Yourself Out of a Plot Hole
Powered by RedCircle In this episode, we’re talking about how to dig yourself out of a plot...
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5 Things I Learned Writing a Novel for the First Time
I’ve never written a novel. I imagine that a lot of people are writers, through and through, but...
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How to Plan a Novel in 5 Easy Steps
Up until recently, I’d never successfully planned a novel before. I’d tried the infamous...
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I’ll be honest, I was a bit intimidated by the idea of using Scrivener. A few of my friends use it—they rave about it! Though this was on Mac, which is more up to date than theWindows Version. And besides, they’re real...
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