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Author Learning | Backstory | Creating Characters | Mystery writing | Plot | Point Of View | Story Structure

Plot or Characters? What Drives Your Mystery?

ByZara Altair July 7, 2020October 26, 2021

Story development on plot and characters enriches reader engagement and helps you write faster.

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Stuck in Your Story? It’s not Writer’s Block

ByZara Altair December 26, 2017

What can seem like writer’s block can be a story structure problem. Learn how to get going again.

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