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July 2012
- 5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to): Is a linear storytelling process best for your story? Or would you be better off writing scenes out of order?.
- What’s the Purpose of Your Scene?: Finding the focus of each scene in your story is as easy as finding purpose, conflict, and context.
- 10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn’t Have to Ask: Be wary of creating the kind of suspense that has readers floundering to understand the basics of your scene, rather than forging ahead with definite and pressing questions.
- Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer?: What if the dream of becoming a bestselling author is something within the reach of anyone willing to do a little hard work?
- Why Do Bad Books Get Published?: One of the most common beefs among writers is that the industry is glutted with bad books.












