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    Big Book of Writing Tips
    Big Book of Writing Tips
    LDCrichton
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    • Reads
      Reads 14,629
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    LDCrichton
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Dec 19, 2017
    Tips for writing and crafting your story into being the best it can be. Everything from the very basic structure of a story through to understanding deep point of view, perhaps you can find something here that is useful for your journey as a writer!
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    • characterdevelopment
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    • howtowrite
    • plotting
    • storystructure
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    • writingtips
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    Table of contentsLast updated Jan 30, 2018
    • Authors Note:
    • Week One: Story Structure - The Foundation
    • Week Two: Character Development: Archetypes
    • Week Two: Character Development: The Essentials
    • Week Two: Character Development: Example of Character Bios
    • Week Two: Character Development: Additional Ideas to Inspire
    • Week Two: Character Development: Revealed Through Writing
    • Week Three: To Plot or Not? The Age Old Question
    • Week Three: Plotting: The Snowflake Method
    • Week Four: Plotting: The Heroes Journey
    • Week Five: Plotting: Mind Mapping & Scrivener

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    • Authors Note:
    • Week One: Story Structure - The Foundation
    • Week Two: Character Development: Archetypes
    • Week Two: Character Development: The Essentials
    • Week Two: Character Development: Example of Character Bios
    • Week Two: Character Development: Additional Ideas to Inspire
    • Week Two: Character Development: Revealed Through Writing
    • Week Three: To Plot or Not? The Age Old Question
    • Week Three: Plotting: The Snowflake Method
    • Week Four: Plotting: The Heroes Journey
    • Week Five: Plotting: Mind Mapping & Scrivener
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