Tuesday Choice Words

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Little Things that Yield Big Results is a post by David B Coe on the Magical Words site.

The Benefits of Talking Through Your Scenes from The Other Side of the Story is a method that I use myself with my long suffering husband.

How To Identify Flat Scenes from The Other Side of the Story is an interesting read.

How To Write a Scene is an infographic from GalleyCat on, well, how to write a scene.

On Endings is a post by Carrie Ryan on the Magical Words site.


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