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Category: Writing

2025-10-082025-11-08writing, writing software, software, writing programs

Adult Steps 1 – What Do You Write In? Or, to put it another way, what software do you use to write your novel in?

2025-10-012025-09-15target audience, your health, 'me times', target

Who Are Your Target Audience, and How Do You Find Them

2025-09-242026-08-22first draft, vomit draft, rough draft

First draft? Messy draft, vomit draft, or what?

2025-09-172025-09-15fiction, writing, outlining, outline, guide

A Guide To Outlining

2025-09-102026-08-22outlining, outline, first draft, expanding your outline, series, fiction

How to Write Your First Draft

2025-09-032026-01-13characters, character development

Characters Part 1: Who They Are and How to Build Them

2025-08-272025-09-15passion, sharing your writing, recognition

Toddler Steps 7 – Start Calling Yourself A Writer

2025-08-202026-02-04thrillers, paranormal, romance, science fiction, poetry

Genre Conventions, Tropes, Common Themes, Settings, Characters, and Plot Devices of Some Genres: Part 2

2025-08-162026-02-04

Genre Conventions, Tropes, Common Themes, Settings, Characters, and Plot Devices of Some Genres: Introduction.

2025-08-132025-09-15research, facts, authenticity, curiosity, questioning, writing process, toddler steps, fiction

Toddler Steps 6 – Do Your Research

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