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Writing Vacation: The Third Week
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Writing Vacation: The Third Week

ByZara Altair December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Progress during the third week of the writing vacation experiment.

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Writing Vacation: The Second Week
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Writing Vacation: The Second Week

ByZara Altair December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Week two of my author writing vacation process.

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Writers Write: Set Up Your Writing Life
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Writers Write: Set Up Your Writing Life

ByZara Altair October 11, 2022October 11, 2022

How to go from story planning to writing your first draft to create your writing life.

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How to Create A  Mystery Puzzle Readers Will Love
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How to Create A  Mystery Puzzle Readers Will Love

ByZara Altair August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

A quick guide to the elements for a mystery writer to use to create a puzzling mystery.

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How To Finish Your First Mystery Novel
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How To Finish Your First Mystery Novel

ByZara Altair March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Tips for beginning mystery writers to finish the novel. Steps to support the big project, long-haul writing that gets you to The End.

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Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The End
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Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The End

ByZara Altair September 28, 2021

How to refine your mystery suspects for the best reader engagement.

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Three Ways to Write Your Novel’s First Draft
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Three Ways to Write Your Novel’s First Draft

ByZara Altair September 7, 2021

Introduction to three approaches to complete a first draft of your mystery novel

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Mystery Author, Be On Target to Engage Your Loyal Reader
Author Platform | Mystery Genre

Mystery Author, Be On Target to Engage Your Loyal Reader

ByZara Altair August 2, 2021

First marketing steps to tie your reader to your mystery.

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The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects
Character Development | Creating Characters | Mystery writing | Supporting Characters

The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects

ByZara Altair July 26, 2021

Why understanding each suspect’s relationship to the victim, builds suspense in your mystery novel.

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Stop Overthinking Your Story
Mystery writing | Novel Writing

Stop Overthinking Your Story

ByZara Altair November 16, 2020October 26, 2021

Planning makes writing go faster. But sometimes it feels as though you’re trying to squeeze your story into a plot structure. You are overthinking your story.

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