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  1. A Comprehensive Introduction to Point Of View, Part 1
  2. Where Do You Find Your Ideas, and How Do You Develop Them Into A Fiction Book: Part 3 - Developing Your Idea
  3. Where Do You Find Your Ideas, and How Do You Develop Them Into A Fiction Book: Part 2 - Your Ideas Bank
  4. Where Do You Find Your Ideas, and How Do You Develop Them Into A Fiction Book: Part 1
  5. How to Write a Scene that Really Works
  6. Writing, and YOUR health
  7. Interiority Part 3: Conscious (Active Thinking)
  8. Interiority Part 2: Subconscious (Unspoken Thoughts)
  9. The Beginners Guide to Interiority
  10. Characters Part 3: Archetypes 2
  11. Adult Steps 4 - Turn Off Your Internal Editor While Writing Your First Draft
  12. Characters Part 2: Archetypes 1
  13. Revision Part 2: How to Find and Deal With Plot-Holes in Your Story
  14. How to Revise Your First Draft: Part 1
  15. How to Persuade Your Reader to Suspend their Disbelief?
  16. Adult Steps 3 - Fill Your Story with Conflict and Tension
  17. Adult Steps 2 - Write the Last Chapter First!
  18. Adult Steps 1 - What Do You Write In? Or, to put it another way, what software do you use to write your novel in?
  19. Who Are Your Target Audience, and How Do You Find Them
  20. First draft? Messy draft, vomit draft, or what?
  21. A Guide To Outlining
  22. How to Write Your First Draft
  23. Characters Part 1: Who They Are and How to Build Them
  24. Toddler Steps 7 - Start Calling Yourself A Writer
  25. Genre Conventions, Tropes, Common Themes, Settings, Characters, and Plot Devices of Some Genres: Part 2
  26. Genre Conventions, Tropes, Common Themes, Settings, Characters, and Plot Devices of Some Genres: Introduction.
  27. Toddler Steps 6 - Do Your Research
  28. Genre Conventions, Tropes, Common Themes, Settings, Characters, and Plot Devices of Some Genres: Part 1
  29. Toddler Steps 5 - Eliminating Anything That Will Be A Distraction So You Can Stay Focused
  30. Toddler Steps 4 - Creating an Unbreakable Deadline
  31. Toddler Steps 3 - Setting a Writing Schedule
  32. Toddler Steps 2 - Build Your Outline
  33. Toddler Steps 1 - Break the Project into Small Pieces
  34. Baby Steps 4 - Your Premise
  35. Baby Steps 3 - The Power of Your Idea
  36. Baby Steps 2 - Assemble Your Writing Tools
  37. Baby Steps 1 - Set Up Your Writing Space
  38. What is 'genre'?
  39. The Difference Between Fiction, and Nonfiction