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By Angelina SingerJuly 21, 2021

Frenemies – you know the type. It’s usually a typical trope in the friends-to-lovers trend. Or maybe it’s just an ambiguous character that used to be…

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Raise the Stakes: What Makes Readers Care about Your Story?

By Jaclyn PaulDecember 17, 2019

If I had to name a single recurring theme in my critique group’s feedback on my early drafts, it’d be stakes. The stakes in many young…

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How to Find Plot Holes in Your Writing

By Jaclyn PaulDecember 10, 2019

Plot holes: they’re one of the quickest ways to lose credibility with readers. I had a roommate in college who loved to yell “flaw!” at the…

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Get Unstuck: How to Solve Plot Problems

By Mary SullivanJune 17, 2019

Whether you’re a “pantster” or a plotter, inevitably most writers get to a point where they’ve got plot problems. You might have written yourself into a…