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Win Feedback on 5 pages!
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 5 pages of your novel. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry form. If you...
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Win Feedback on 5 pages!
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 5 pages of your novel. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry form. If you...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Living in the Past
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Living in the Past
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Self-Care
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Self-Care
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Dissociation
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Dissociation
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Gratitude
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Gratitude
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Win Feedback on 3 Pages & Book Blurb
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 3 pages of your novel and book blurb. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry...
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Win Feedback on 3 Pages & Book Blurb
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 3 pages of your novel and book blurb. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Suppression
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Suppression
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Seeking Therapy
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Seeking Therapy
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Free Workshop: How to Write Fear That Feels Real
Writing authentic fear reactions can be challenging—even when we understand our character well. Why? Because each character has their own personality, background, trauma, and triggers, meaning their fear response to perceived threats will be unique. Fear is universal, making it a valuable tool for drawing readers into a character’s perspective. It serves as an early...
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Free Workshop: How to Write Fear That Feels Real
Writing authentic fear reactions can be challenging—even when we understand our character well. Why? Because each character has their own personality, background, trauma, and triggers, meaning their fear response to perceived threats will be unique. Fear is universal, making it a valuable tool for drawing readers into a character’s perspective. It serves as an early...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Catastrophizing
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Catastrophizing
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Healthy Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Celebrating Small Wins
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Healthy Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Celebrating Small Wins
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Win Feedback on 10 Pages of Your Novel or One Fiction Picture Book
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 10 pages of a novel or one fiction picture book. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on...
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Win Feedback on 10 Pages of Your Novel or One Fiction Picture Book
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on the first 10 pages of a novel or one fiction picture book. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on...
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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WRITER TIPS: Essential Alchemy: Turning History into Heat #writertips #writing #writerlife #writinghelp buff.ly/gNS5cfZ
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Overindulging
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Overindulging
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Forgiveness
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Forgiveness
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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What Does a Character’s Fear of Change Look Like?
As we move closer to releasing The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to What Holds Characters Back, I wanted to share one of the entries that covers a fear that we will find at the heart of every story we write…and our own lives. The Fear of Change. Change is scary. It’s going from what...
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What Does a Character’s Fear of Change Look Like?
As we move closer to releasing The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to What Holds Characters Back, I wanted to share one of the entries that covers a fear that we will find at the heart of every story we write…and our own lives. The Fear of Change. Change is scary. It’s going from what...
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WRITER TIPS: Word, Please—The Many Lives of As --- Write Like You Mean It & Edit As You Should. #writertips #writerlife #writerhelp #writinghelp #writingcommunity buff.ly/QuFBkXh
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Finish the Book: Save 25% at One Stop for Writers
Writing can be frustrating. You see the story in your mind, but getting all those ideas onto the page? Sometimes, it’s harder than you expect. The plot tangles.Character feels flat.Tension peters out and the middle becomes a bloated mess. That’s when you start second-guessing everything: Did I mess the story up? Is it beyond fixing?...
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Finish the Book: Save 25% at One Stop for Writers
Writing can be frustrating. You see the story in your mind, but getting all those ideas onto the page? Sometimes, it’s harder than you expect. The plot tangles.Character feels flat.Tension peters out and the middle becomes a bloated mess. That’s when you start second-guessing everything: Did I mess the story up? Is it beyond fixing?...
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Why Writers Fear and Resist Change (and Characters Do, Too)
We’re often told to remember that the antagonist is the protagonist in their own story, and while this seems like a character-building tip, it’s actually a psychological one. Characters who think and behave like real people are the ones readers really connect to. And, more often than not, it’s the small, human moments that we...
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Why Writers Fear and Resist Change (and Characters Do, Too)
We’re often told to remember that the antagonist is the protagonist in their own story, and while this seems like a character-building tip, it’s actually a psychological one. Characters who think and behave like real people are the ones readers really connect to. And, more often than not, it’s the small, human moments that we...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Seeking Balance
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Seeking Balance
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or a learned go-to strategy, a mechanism helps them cope with the stress of the moment or escape the hurt of it. But if the character...
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Win Feedback on Your Query
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your queryfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on your query. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry form. If you win the draw, we’ll let...
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Win Feedback on Your Query
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your queryfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on your query. Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry form. If you win the draw, we’ll let...
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Is Single or Multiple Viewpoints Best for Your Story?
Deciding how many characters should tell your story is an important decision. Whether you’re writing young adult fiction, fantasy, romance, or any genre, this choice will determine the overall tone of the story and how deeply readers connect with the characters. So do you just need one perspective, or should multiple narrators be involved? Here...
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Is Single or Multiple Viewpoints Best for Your Story?
Deciding how many characters should tell your story is an important decision. Whether you’re writing young adult fiction, fantasy, romance, or any genre, this choice will determine the overall tone of the story and how deeply readers connect with the characters. So do you just need one perspective, or should multiple narrators be involved? Here...
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Is Single or Multiple Viewpoints Best for Your Story?
Deciding how many characters should tell your story is an important decision. Whether you’re writing young adult fiction, fantasy, romance, or any genre, this choice will determine the overall tone of the story and how deeply readers connect with the characters. So do you just need one perspective, or should multiple narrators be involved? Here...
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Is Single or Multiple Viewpoints Best for Your Story?
Deciding how many characters should tell your story is an important decision. Whether you’re writing young adult fiction, fantasy, romance, or any genre, this choice will determine the overall tone of the story and how deeply readers connect with the characters. So do you just need one perspective, or should multiple narrators be involved? Here...
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