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I just write stuff. That is all. Some gets published.

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Don't Force the Rhyme What exactly even is a forced rhyme?

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What is the Creator Archetype? Write Better Now. ;)

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Archetype, Stereotype, or Cliché? What's the Difference?

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How To Write Deep Point of View.

How To Write Deep Point of View

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We Can Try Be Brave Friday: Lockdowns at the high school.

We Can Try

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What is the smart way for writers to use AI? And also... "Dude, everyone's post sounds the same. Ew."

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My passion has no business plan.

My Passion Has No Business Plan

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Using Memories For Story Ideas (You can do it, too!).

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What to Do on a Dead Parent’s Birthday. Birthdays Don’t Really Stop After Death: This Is How I Remember My Mom.

What to Do on a Dead Parent’s Birthday.

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Must is Not the Same as Have To Random Grammar Tips. Free to read, just click through to my website (not my Substack).

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So, Apparently, Happiness Is Sexy. What If the Secret Is Just … Being Kind? Free to read, just click through. This is my blog, not my Substack. I know! I know! So confusing.

So, Apparently, Happiness Is Sexy

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What Makes a Story "Look" Like AI Wrote It? I have clues!

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Letters From Our Readers. Larry Sweet. Nate Young. Charles Sidman. Free to read always. Just click through.

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Monotony Must Die: How to Keep Your Sentences Surprising

No Flat Writing A lot of writers will worry that their stories seem flat. There’s a reason that they are worrying about that and it’s one of the core elements of good writing. Ready? A lot of the times your story seems flat because all your sentences are the same layout. You want to vary your sentence structure. Take a bit of writing that you’ve done that feels flat—or maybe even one that…

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Keep Writing

This week? This week has been a bit rough for me. But I am still writing. And we are still podcasting! Gasp! I am still doing this because I think that writers write. That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Say it with me, okay? Writers write. That’s all it takes to be a writer—the actual writing things down. We write rebellion. We write acceptance. We write through grief. We write through…

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Why Are People Mean? And The Lowdown on Three Super Common Grammar Mistakes.

In our Random Thought, we talk about why people are mean. The link to our source is at the end of these notes. All you all, I (Carrie) am the WORST copyeditor for my own work. I’ll admit it and that’s because as a writer, I’m too close to it to pick out my errors, right? That’s why it’s good to have other people read your stories before you put them out there. So, we (Carrie and Shaun) are…

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Being a softie is actually pretty damn brave.

Be Brave Friday Carrie Jones Share Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash I’m pretty bad at asking for help. This is not because I think I’m the only person who can do something the “right” way. It’s because I’m afraid of being a bother, mostly. The thing is that it’s hard to grow as a person if you don’t ask for help. It’s hard to grow as a business, too. This November, Shaun and I asked for…

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