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Finding the Write Gift

Finding the Write Gift

Firsts in Fiction: Language of the Discipline

Firsts in Fiction: Language of the Discipline

Best Self Editing Tips for Fiction Writers

Best Self Editing Tips for Fiction Writers

Cataloging Ideas and Inspiration for Writers

Cataloging Ideas and Inspiration for Writers

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Writing Emotion Without Melodrama

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Writing Emotion Without Melodrama

Firsts in Fiction: Using Writing Prompts

Firsts in Fiction: Using Writing Prompts

Firsts in Fiction: First Chapters

Firsts in Fiction: First Chapters

Utilizing Color to Convey Emotion

Utilizing Color to Convey Emotion

Creating a Tagline and Logline for your Novel

Creating a Tagline and Logline for your Novel

Creating a Scene Sketch

Creating a Scene Sketch

Immersing Readers in the Fictive Dream

Immersing Readers in the Fictive Dream

FiFs2e009 Smashing Through Writer's Block

FiFs2e009 Smashing Through Writer's Block

Overcoming Discouragement and Stress for Writers

Overcoming Discouragement and Stress for Writers

Using Psychological Insights to Shape Vivid, Unforgettable Fiction

Using Psychological Insights to Shape Vivid, Unforgettable Fiction

Using Active Description

Using Active Description

Firsts in Fiction: Using Acting Techniques in Writing

Firsts in Fiction: Using Acting Techniques in Writing

Firsts in Fiction: Writing in Deep Point of View

Firsts in Fiction: Writing in Deep Point of View

Crafting Character Arcs--Firsts in Fiction Season 2

Crafting Character Arcs--Firsts in Fiction Season 2

Weaving External and Internal Conflict (Firsts in Fiction Season 2 Episode 2)

Weaving External and Internal Conflict (Firsts in Fiction Season 2 Episode 2)

(FiF Season Two E001) Beginning With Backstory

(FiF Season Two E001) Beginning With Backstory

Marvel Minutes: Marvel Legendary

Marvel Minutes: Marvel Legendary

Firsts in Fiction Special Cast

Firsts in Fiction Special Cast

10 Things to Love About Writing

10 Things to Love About Writing

10 Mistakes I've Made in My Writing

10 Mistakes I've Made in My Writing

10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Myself When I First Started Writing

10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Myself When I First Started Writing

Writing YA Fiction with Tessa Emily Hall!

Writing YA Fiction with Tessa Emily Hall!

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Dialog

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Dialog

Gross Anatomy of a Novel--Plot and Pacing

Gross Anatomy of a Novel--Plot and Pacing

Ask the Authors--Anything Goes!

Ask the Authors--Anything Goes!

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Voice

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Voice

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Point of View

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Point of View

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Setting

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Setting

Anatomy of a Novel: Conflict

Anatomy of a Novel: Conflict

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Dramatic Question

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Dramatic Question

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Character

Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Character

Juggling Multiple Plot Lines

Juggling Multiple Plot Lines

Feeding the Beast--How to Keep Creativity Fed

Feeding the Beast--How to Keep Creativity Fed

Mental Missteps--Avoiding Common Writer Mental Mistakes

Mental Missteps--Avoiding Common Writer Mental Mistakes

Encouragement from Discouragement

Encouragement from Discouragement

Firsts in Fiction - Reading Like a Writer

Firsts in Fiction - Reading Like a Writer

Developing Discipline--Mental Steps to Establishing Habit

Developing Discipline--Mental Steps to Establishing Habit

The Writer's Mind--What Kind of Writer Are You?

The Writer's Mind--What Kind of Writer Are You?

Ask the Authors Extravaganza!

Ask the Authors Extravaganza!

Genre Focus-Action Adventure

Genre Focus-Action Adventure

Genre Focus: Mystery/Police Procdeurals

Genre Focus: Mystery/Police Procdeurals

Genre Focus: Romance

Genre Focus: Romance

Genre Focus: Fantasy

Genre Focus: Fantasy

Brace Yourself--4 Things You Must Do

Brace Yourself--4 Things You Must Do

What Beethoven, Mozart, the Beatles, and Einstein Taught Me About Writing

What Beethoven, Mozart, the Beatles, and Einstein Taught Me About Writing

The Care and Feeding of Novel Ideas

The Care and Feeding of Novel Ideas

Everything You Wanted to Know About Writing Fiction

Everything You Wanted to Know About Writing Fiction

Writing the Suspense/Thriller Novel

Writing the Suspense/Thriller Novel

Writing Edgy Fiction

Writing Edgy Fiction

Sneaky Writers' Tricks

Sneaky Writers' Tricks

10 Reasons Novels Fail

10 Reasons Novels Fail

Ten Things Every Novel Must Have

Ten Things Every Novel Must Have

20 Rules for Writing a Novel Pt. 2.

20 Rules for Writing a Novel Pt. 2.

20 Rules for Writing a Novel Pt. 1

20 Rules for Writing a Novel Pt. 1

How to Pitch a Book

How to Pitch a Book

FiF's Favorites: First Lines

FiF's Favorites: First Lines

Setting: Place

Setting: Place

FIF's Favorite Authors

FIF's Favorite Authors

Through the Editors' Eyes: What Editors Look For

Through the Editors' Eyes: What Editors Look For

What's in a Name? Choosing Character Names

What's in a Name? Choosing Character Names

Cleaning up Cliches and Clutter

Cleaning up Cliches and Clutter

Story Bibles

Story Bibles

Managing Multiple Projects

Managing Multiple Projects

Habits of Highly Successful Writers

Habits of Highly Successful Writers

Self-Editing: Kill Your Darlings

Self-Editing: Kill Your Darlings

Self-Editing: Sneaky Prose Killers

Self-Editing: Sneaky Prose Killers

Book Review Review

Book Review Review

Everything I Wish I Knew When I Began

Everything I Wish I Knew When I Began

Proposals: Marketing & Platform

Proposals: Marketing & Platform

Proposals: Synopsis & Sample Pages

Proposals: Synopsis & Sample Pages

Proposals: Query Letters & Bios

Proposals: Query Letters & Bios

WILDCARD: Why You're Not Getting Published

WILDCARD: Why You're Not Getting Published

Lyrical and Oratorical Voice

Lyrical and Oratorical Voice

Project Publication: Who is Harrison Sawyer?

Project Publication: Who is Harrison Sawyer?

Voice: Types of Voices

Voice: Types of Voices

Just Say No: Writing Advice You Should Ignore

Just Say No: Writing Advice You Should Ignore

Firsts In Fiction Promo: Just Say No

Firsts In Fiction Promo: Just Say No

Dialog: Beating Dialog Tags

Dialog: Beating Dialog Tags

FiF Promo Beating Dialog Tags

FiF Promo Beating Dialog Tags

Dialog Killers

Dialog Killers

Authentic Dialogue

Authentic Dialogue

Get in the Zone, Stay in the Zone

Get in the Zone, Stay in the Zone

Project Spotlight: The Blood Sword and Wounds

Project Spotlight: The Blood Sword and Wounds

Setting: Circumstances

Setting: Circumstances

Setting: Time

Setting: Time

Non-Fiction Writing for Fiction Writers

Non-Fiction Writing for Fiction Writers

Third Person POV

Third Person POV

2nd Person Point of View

2nd Person Point of View

POV - First Person

POV - First Person

Plot & Structure: Chronological vs. Non-Chronological

Plot & Structure: Chronological vs. Non-Chronological

Scenes and Outines

Scenes and Outines

Plot & Structure: Endings

Plot & Structure: Endings

Plot & Structure: Beginnings & Endings

Plot & Structure: Beginnings & Endings

WILDCARD EPISODE: Marketing with Social Media

WILDCARD EPISODE: Marketing with Social Media

The Biz: Contracts

The Biz: Contracts

The Changing World of Publishing

The Changing World of Publishing

The Writing Biz: Agents

The Writing Biz: Agents

Planning a Series

Planning a Series

Subtlety in Conflict

Subtlety in Conflict

Conflict: Using Figurative Language

Conflict: Using Figurative Language

Character Conflict: Balancing Thought and Action

Character Conflict: Balancing Thought and Action

Wildcard: Words to Write By

Wildcard: Words to Write By

Character Motivation: Defining the Drive

Character Motivation: Defining the Drive

Developing Your Character's Spiritual/Worldview

Developing Your Character's Spiritual/Worldview

Getting Physical

Getting Physical

Inside Your Character: Mind and Emotion

Inside Your Character: Mind and Emotion

Secrets of a Social Media Ninja

Secrets of a Social Media Ninja

Making Your Schedule Work With Your Writing

Making Your Schedule Work With Your Writing

The Care and Feeding of the Creative Mind

The Care and Feeding of the Creative Mind

Growing as a Writer

Growing as a Writer

Hacking Your Reader's Brain with Jeff Gerke

Hacking Your Reader's Brain with Jeff Gerke

Let's Kick This Pig

Let's Kick This Pig

Ideas: Selecting and Refining

Ideas: Selecting and Refining

Brainstorming

Brainstorming

The Year in Review

The Year in Review

Finding the Write Gift

Finding the Write Gift

World Building.

World Building.

Holiday Fiction

Holiday Fiction

Writing Mentally Unstable Characters

Writing Mentally Unstable Characters

The Red Pen with Heather Luby

The Red Pen with Heather Luby

Turning Writer's Block into Building Blocks

Turning Writer's Block into Building Blocks

Writers, Assemble!

Writers, Assemble!

Redeeming Flawed Characters

Redeeming Flawed Characters

Seven Deadly Writing Sins

Seven Deadly Writing Sins

Writing The Novella

Writing The Novella

Our Favorite Endings

Our Favorite Endings

Handling Tough Subjects

Handling Tough Subjects

Beta Readers

Beta Readers

The Author/Reader Contract

The Author/Reader Contract

Very Funny

Very Funny

Magical Realism

Magical Realism

Hand of Adonai Launch Special

Hand of Adonai Launch Special

How to Launch a Book

How to Launch a Book

Punctuation Matters

Punctuation Matters

100th Episode Extravaganza!

100th Episode Extravaganza!

Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

From the Writer, for the Writer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

From the Writer, for the Writer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

From the Writer, for the Writer: Raymond Carver

From the Writer, for the Writer: Raymond Carver

A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

Making Time to Write

Making Time to Write

Four Score and Seven Chapters Ago

Four Score and Seven Chapters Ago

First in Fiction Podcast: Pick up the Pace

First in Fiction Podcast: Pick up the Pace

Writing for Men

Writing for Men

Animals in Fiction

Animals in Fiction

Music to Write By

Music to Write By

Craft Books Every Writer Should Own

Craft Books Every Writer Should Own

Picking Your Battles

Picking Your Battles

Writing for Women

Writing for Women

Sentiment Without Sentimentality

Sentiment Without Sentimentality

Let's Get Physical

Let's Get Physical

Death and Taxes--A Writer's Guide

Death and Taxes--A Writer's Guide

Poetic Elements in Prose

Poetic Elements in Prose

Spirituality in Fiction

Spirituality in Fiction

Firsts in Fiction Favorites

Firsts in Fiction Favorites

It's My Life

It's My Life

Why Stories Bog Down

Why Stories Bog Down

Intuitive Writing vs. Outlining

Intuitive Writing vs. Outlining

Avoiding Info Dumps

Avoiding Info Dumps

Six Steps to Writing a Blockbuster Book

Six Steps to Writing a Blockbuster Book

The Language of Love

The Language of Love

Keeping Research at your Fingertips

Keeping Research at your Fingertips

Firsts in Fiction: Identifying your Audience

Firsts in Fiction: Identifying your Audience

Self-Made Rules

Self-Made Rules

The Power of the Prompt

The Power of the Prompt

Goal Setting for Writers

Goal Setting for Writers

How to Work With an Editor

How to Work With an Editor

Three's a Crowd--Ensemble Casts

Three's a Crowd--Ensemble Casts

Gift Ideas for the Writers in Your Life

Gift Ideas for the Writers in Your Life

How to Build a World

How to Build a World

The Cutting Room Floor

The Cutting Room Floor

Writing Rules and When to Break Them

Writing Rules and When to Break Them

Writing Conferences: What to Look For

Writing Conferences: What to Look For

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Halloween Genre Spooktacular!

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Halloween Genre Spooktacular!

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: First Chapters with Jack Cavanaugh

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: First Chapters with Jack Cavanaugh

Getting from here to there: The Three Act Structure

Getting from here to there: The Three Act Structure

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Self-Publishing: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Self-Publishing: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Write What You Fear

Write What You Fear

Firsts in Fiction: The Next Big Trend in Fiction?

Firsts in Fiction: The Next Big Trend in Fiction?

Writing Terms--A Refresher

Writing Terms--A Refresher

Firsts in Fiction: Networking Dos and Don'ts

Firsts in Fiction: Networking Dos and Don'ts

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Screenwriting with Brian Bird

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Screenwriting with Brian Bird

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: The Year in Review

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: The Year in Review

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Handling Interior Monologue

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Handling Interior Monologue

Firsts in Fiction: Keeping the Reader in the Story

Firsts in Fiction: Keeping the Reader in the Story

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Balancing Dialog and Action

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Balancing Dialog and Action

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Character Archetypes

Firsts in Fiction Podcast: Character Archetypes

Firsts in Fiction Podcasts: Character Psychology 101

Firsts in Fiction Podcasts: Character Psychology 101