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Tips to Deal with the Let-Down When Your Novel is Finished

August 8, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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How do you feel once you’ve finished a novel? #amwriting Click To Tweet Okay, so you might say, “I’m never finished.” I feel that way as well. It seems there’s always tweaking. But, once the novel is sent off, gone, out of your reach, how do you feel? Good? At a loss? Jumping up and […]

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Filed Under: Fiction Writing, Motivation to Write, Thoughts on Creativity, Writing Tips Tagged With: creativity, fiction, novel, Writing

So You Wanna Write a Book–Take This Quiz

December 31, 2014 By Joan Curtis 3 Comments

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Recently I heard the shocking statistic  200 million Americans think they have a novel in them #writing #amwriting Click To Tweet  Imagine that! It made me wonder about who manages to get that novel out and who does not. Clearly lots of people do not. I’m going to share this quiz to help you see […]

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Filed Under: Fiction Writing, Motivation to Write Tagged With: fiction, novel, Writing

First Sentence Launches Your Novel

May 10, 2011 By Joan Curtis 12 Comments

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Wouldn’t it be nice to get some feedback on your first sentence–that all important sentence that launches your novel?  Why not?  I’m sure that some fellow writers out there could give me some advice and I’m also sure that some fellow readers could throw in their two cents. We know that the first paragraph of […]

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Filed Under: The Business of Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: fiction writing, novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms, prologues, William Boyd

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