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Why I Love the Editing Phase

Karin Kallmaker 04/17/2016 Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing 6 Comments

Karin Kallmaker’s Writer Brain and Editor Brain duke it out for supremacy, then a real editor shows up.

#amediting#amwriting#romancewriter#writeradvicePringles
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Why Change? 3 Things I Learned from Melissa Brayden Plus a Sneak Peek

Karin Kallmaker 08/02/2015 Captain of Industry, Craft of Writing, Sisters of the Pen, Stepping Stone 13 Comments

I learned more than three things from Melissa Brayden at #gcls2015 – now to put them to work! Plus, here’s the current opening of Captain of Industry I read at the Con.

#amwriting#GCLS2015#lesfic#writeradviceMelissa Brayden
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How “Strong Female Characters” Still End Up Weak And Powerless

Karin Kallmaker 02/17/2015 Craft of Writing

Comments on and links toTerrible Minds blog on real agency for female characters, and Ada Hoffman’s excellent Twitter series about agency in plot, not character.

#writeradviceAda HoffmanCharlie Jane AndersChuck WendigJoss Whedon
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Two Weeks for Self-Doubt

Karin Kallmaker 05/01/2010 Craft of Writing

How can something that happens with every book always come as a surprise? Even in the throes of self-doubt I don’t recognize it.

#writeradviceWriter Self-Care
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All Endings Have Beginnings

Karin Kallmaker 05/07/2008 Craft of Writing

A problem with ending a story starts at the beginning.

#practicepracticepractice#writeradvice
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