The Cozy Writer’s Guide to Story Structure: Understanding Story Shape Without Over-Plotting Story structure can sound intimidating, especially if you are the kind of
The Art of Letting the Story Surprise You Letting your story surprise you is one of the most overlooked skills a writer can develop.
How to Trust Your Writing Instincts When You Don’t Know the Ending Trust Your Writing Instincts What is a writing instinct? To me, it’s
The Intuitive Writer’s Guide to Drafting: Why Your First Draft Isn’t Supposed to Make Sense If you’ve ever reached the middle of a first
The Intuitive Writer’s Guide to Drafting: Finding Your Natural Creative Pace Today we are going to look at finding your own creative writing pace
The Compass, Not a Map: A Different Approach to Writing First Drafts For writers who don’t thrive on rigid systems. One of the most
The Quiet Magic of Recurring Details in Fiction Today, I want to talk about recurring details in fiction, and how even the most insignificant
The Magic of Typing “The End” There are few moments in a writer’s life quite like typing the end. I’m not quite there yet.
The Emotional Cost of Writing a Painful Scene Writing emotional scenes is one of the most rewarding parts of storytelling, but it can also
Responsible AI Use in Education: Why Teachers Must Adapt AI is here to stay and we need to find a way to teach responsible
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A Workbook for Developing Positive Thinking Strategies
We all try to think positive, but sometimes it can be so hard. Life can get crazy, and we get pushed and pulled from all different directions. How do you stay positive when life seems to be conspiring against you? The Thinking Positive Toolbox will help you develop your own strategies to stay positive in this crazy life.
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