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How to Craft Steep Climbs and Gut-Wrenching Drops in a Story
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How to Craft Steep Climbs and Gut-Wrenching Drops in a Story

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How to Plot an Emotional Character Arc
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How to Plot an Emotional Character Arc

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Reading Wrap-Up: Dance of Thieves, Carrie Soto Is Back, and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
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Reading Wrap-Up: Dance of Thieves, Carrie Soto Is Back, and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

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Reading Wrap-Up: My Life with the Walter Boys, Short Stories from Hogwarts, Troy
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Reading Wrap-Up: My Life with the Walter Boys, Short Stories from Hogwarts, Troy

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Reading Wrap-Up: The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
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Reading Wrap-Up: The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection

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3 Ways to Craft a Compelling Mystery
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3 Ways to Craft a Compelling Mystery

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Reading Wrap-Up: 7 Figure Fiction, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Glass Witch
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Reading Wrap-Up: 7 Figure Fiction, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Glass Witch

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2 Things Author Taylor Jenkins Reid Does Right
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2 Things Author Taylor Jenkins Reid Does Right

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Reading Wrap-Up: Humankind, A Storm of Sisters, The Summer of Broken Rules
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Reading Wrap-Up: Humankind, A Storm of Sisters, The Summer of Broken Rules

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The Only 2 Types of Character Arcs
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The Only 2 Types of Character Arcs

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Reading Wrap-Up: Art Matters, Happy Place, Blood Over Bright Haven
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Reading Wrap-Up: Art Matters, Happy Place, Blood Over Bright Haven

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Writing Lessons from 53 Taylor Swift Songs
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Writing Lessons from 53 Taylor Swift Songs

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Reading Wrap-Up: Other Birds, The Atlas of Us, Finding Flow
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Reading Wrap-Up: Other Birds, The Atlas of Us, Finding Flow

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Best 3-Point Chapter Checklist
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Best 3-Point Chapter Checklist

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Reading Wrap-Up: Quiet, Something Close to Magic, A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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Reading Wrap-Up: Quiet, Something Close to Magic, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

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Mastering the Art of the 1-Sentence Pitch
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Mastering the Art of the 1-Sentence Pitch

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Favorite Books of 2023 (+ reading year breakdown)
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Favorite Books of 2023 (+ reading year breakdown)

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Story Study: When Harry Met Sally
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Story Study: When Harry Met Sally

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Story Study: Down with Love
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Story Study: Down with Love

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The 11 Irresistible Storytelling Elements
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The 11 Irresistible Storytelling Elements

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