As the head of marketing (or, as in many small businesses, the head of everything), you’re committed to sprucing up your company’s blog—or maybe starting one for the first time. You know your target audience, you’ve sketched out your content calendar, and you’ve done your SEO research.
There’s just one question left: how do you write a great blog post?
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Which artists’ writing processes have informed yours? Do you take inspiration from other artistic mediums?
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Yes, they undermine your writing, and yes, they need to be fixed. But with a deep breath and a little critical analysis, plot holes may not be quite the monsters we make them out to be.
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When being “correct” jeopardizes clarity or the authorial voice, then being “correct” often needs to take a back seat.
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There are plenty of reasons an author might struggle to get agent interest—and most don’t have anything to do with the quality of the novel.
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Whether we’re talking about New Year’s Resolutions or any other goals, it doesn’t matter when you start—only that you start.
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If there’s ever anything you’d like to see me cover on the blog, please let me know! If you’re looking for more of certain topics and less of others, I’d love to hear it. In the meantime, here are the ten most-read posts published in 2021!
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These three questions are required to create a complex character. The rest, in broad strokes, is color.
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If you're struggling to create dynamic, compelling characters that jump off the page and into readers' hearts, you're not alone.
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You’ve finished drafting your novel, been through a round or two of edits, sent it to beta readers for feedback, maybe even hired a professional editor to really make it sing, and now you’re getting ready to pitch it to contests, literary agents, and/or publishers. Well, friend, you’re going to need a synopsis.
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