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The Benefits of a Break in Writing

1/31/2018

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Have you ever been forced to take a break from writing, against your will? It's not always as bad as it sounds.

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Is Your Life Like A Novel?

12/27/2017

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Living a storybook life is not as rosy as it sounds. Does your life have a crazy, unpredictable plot that you wish you could bottle and turn into novels?

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Unpacking a Novel You Love

11/27/2017

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One of the best ways to improve your own writing is to analyse a successful novel written by someone else, in the same genre. 

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What to Do About Writer's Block

10/3/2017

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Part ten in my series on the Anatomy of A Novel deals with writer's block and how to avoid it.

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​https://susanrobertswriter.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/anatomy-of-writers-block/
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Scene and Summary

9/2/2017

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Writers should know when to write a full scene and when to reduce it to a summary. How do you choose which to expand and which to contract?

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Music While You Write

8/5/2017

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Do you listen to music while writing? If so, how much does it help you to build an atmosphere and evoke the right emotion? This is the eighth part in my series on the Anatomy of A Novel.

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Five Year Plans are Not for Me

7/13/2017

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Scenario planning is about more than novel-writing. It can be a whole way of life if you approach it the right way.

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My Website - Five Years On

6/10/2017

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Every writer needs a website, and it's five years since I started this website, which gives me a reason to celebrate.

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Living a double (or triple) life

5/10/2017

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Authors wear many hats, and sometimes we have to juggle several lives (or jobs) into the space others use for just one.

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When Life Gets in the Way

4/27/2017

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No matter how dedicated we are, writing a novel is never a smooth road. Sometimes life gets in the way of our writing, but it needn't become a huge problem. There are stress-free ways to deal with this.

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