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How collaborative writing has helped me and can help you.
How Collaborative Writing Has Helped Me & Can Help You For S.A. Crow’s Blog When I began collaborative writing, I didn’t realize that was...
shirleycrow078
Aug 8, 20227 min read
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Why We Write
Why do you write? Do you ever wonder why your favorite authors write? Let’s explore why writers write, and how some become authors and...
shirleycrow078
Jul 27, 20224 min read
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Why you should try new things at each writing phase.
Why you should try new things at each phase of your writing, push yourself as an author. Find out the signs that you might need to push...
shirleycrow078
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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How to find Beta Readers
How to find and set up a Beta Read. Learn the difference between the reads a writer can use to advance their craft. Why would you want to...
shirleycrow078
May 18, 20228 min read
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What Writing Software to Use for Your Next Project?
What are some of the writing software authors are using? Why I’ve picked yWriter. A fellow author created yWriter and offers it for free...
shirleycrow078
May 4, 20223 min read
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The Hidden Mystery Behind Switching Genres.
What's it like to switch writing genres? What is genre and why can it be confusing? Genre can be confusing to work in and around when it...
shirleycrow078
Oct 27, 20215 min read
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What I've Learned Doing Writing Workshops
What do I mean by writing workshops? Authors and instructors put writing workshops on various topics that concern the art and act of...
shirleycrow078
Oct 13, 20212 min read
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How to Host a Virtual Writing Retreat Weekend
In today’s blog, we are going to talk about hosting a virtual writing retreat. With the health situation across the world, the safest way...
shirleycrow078
Sep 29, 20214 min read
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Talking Yourself Into Writing
So you’re a nonfiction writer. You’ve spent years writing about other people, mostly celebrities, and people who have been important to...
shirleycrow078
Sep 15, 20214 min read
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How to write a synopsis, without ripping your hair out.
Why do a lot of authors dread writing the synopsis? Why is it so hard for some to write? Today we are going to show you how to do it with...
shirleycrow078
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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Why Taking a Break from Writing Might Be the Best Thing for Your Writing?
And how to get back to writing after your break. Do you think I’d leave you hanging? There are several reasons why you should take a...
shirleycrow078
Aug 18, 20214 min read
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A Quick Cure for Only Having Part of your Story
What do you do when you only have part of the story you want to write. Stories sometimes comes to us in strange ways. It's rare for...
shirleycrow078
Aug 11, 20214 min read
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How to Revise your Work for Camp NaNoWriMo
Last Blog of the Editing and Revising series By S. A. Crow What is Camp NaNoWriMo This is the last blog in our Revision and Editing...
shirleycrow078
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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Welcome our Guest Author, Amara Lynn
Hello and thanks so much for having me on the blog today! I write queer books and publish as indie author Amara Lynn, and I also host...
shirleycrow078
Jul 7, 20213 min read
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How to Prepare for Camp NaNoWriMo?
Let’s start off by answering the question you might be asking. What the heck is NaNoWriMo and what does that stand for? I’m sure you have...
shirleycrow078
Jun 30, 20216 min read
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What is a Research Tag?
Why should you use them when you write your 1st draft? Research that dreaded word for some writers. This blog isn’t about how much...
shirleycrow078
Jun 23, 20213 min read
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Create a Series Wiki
How to create a Wiki for your series novels? What is a series? A book series is a sequence of books with common characters, themes,...
shirleycrow078
Jun 2, 20214 min read
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How to Outline a Short Story
Why I outline? If you are reading this blog you either want to learn to outline or you haven’t ever done an outline for a short story,...
shirleycrow078
May 26, 20214 min read
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What is a subplot?
What is a subplot? Last week we talked about what plotting was. This week we will talk about what a subplot is and what to do with them....
shirleycrow078
May 12, 20214 min read
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What is Plotting?
My Journey Plotting a Short Story What is a Plot when it comes to writing? According to Harvey Chapman, © Novel Writing Help “Plot is...
shirleycrow078
May 5, 20214 min read
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