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    21Oct, 2022
    How to Excel at Plotting your Fiction Novel

    How to Plot your Fiction Novel

    So how, exactly, do you plot a fiction novel? Bestselling author Libby Klein has some plotting 101 tips that are invaluable.

    Plotting Versus Pantsing

    Plotting versus pantsing is a popular topic. Everyone has their own process, and there is no one way to do things when it comes to writing. The most important thing is to figure out what works for you.

     

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    In this episode, author Libby Klein joins me to talk through her plotting process, her love of colorful stickie notes, and her top three tips for writing a mystery.

     

    Take Notes

    Get ready to learn a lot, and take notes.

     

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    21Oct, 2022
    Writing Your Bliss Rather than Following the Market

    Writing your Bliss Rather than Writing to the Market

    Writing your bliss rather than writing to the market may not be easy to do. It’s tempting to want to write to the market. If you do that, however, you risk:

    • being uninspired by your own plot
    • boring readers because they will sense the lack of inspiration
    • your writing lacking authenticity
    • your readers sensing that lack of authenticity

     

    Follow Your Heart

    In this episode, Melissa chats with mystery writer, Brook Peterson, about ‘Writing Your Bliss’, or following your heart when you write instead of following the market.

     

    Get Inspired

    I love it when I get inspired by people. Brook Peterson is inspiring, and I love her approach to writing. Get inspired by her.

     

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    21Oct, 2022
    All Authors were Aspiring Authors before they were Published

    All authors were unpublished, aspiring authors at one point.

    All authors started at the beginning. They all have an origin story. How did they get their start? What was their path to publication?

     

    Inspiration

    These stories can be inspiring. Motivating. Whether it’s the Joker’s, Batman’s, or our own, they are all meaningful.

     

    WriterSpark

    WriterSpark is me…I am WriterSpark. Today I am sharing my origin story. I started my writing journey in the early ’90s, but my first book wasn’t published until 2008. What happened in between those years?

     

    The In-between Years

    What happened was that I wrote five mystery series, one romantic suspense duo, and a few stand alone novels. How that happened is my origin story.

     

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