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June 2025

How to Approach Revision: A Checklist for Reluctant (or Tired) Writers
How I'm getting my revision done this week, even though I'd rather be outside in the garden!
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Mary Carroll Moore
4
Three Tips to Bring Forth the "Why" of Your Story
How to use your character--fictional or real--to make your story's purpose clear
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Mary Carroll Moore
2
Satisfaction in the Writing Life: Juggling Time (Quantity) and Value (Quality)
How much you get done sometimes doesn't count as much as how much you learn
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Mary Carroll Moore
4
Point of View: A Review of a Writer's Storytelling Options
You may know this stuff, but here are some new ways to look at choosing point of view
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Mary Carroll Moore
2

May 2025

Acceptance and Rejection
Polar opposites or close twins?
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Mary Carroll Moore
8
My Index Card Method of Using Feedback
A cool way to consider, organize, and make use of reader suggestions so they work for your writing
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Mary Carroll Moore
2
Five Components of Successful Chapters
An interesting structure tool I've been playing with
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Mary Carroll Moore
2
Following the Headlights: Illuminating the Path of Your Book
Four ways to work with headlights when you're working on a book
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Mary Carroll Moore
7
Anxiety versus Creativity
What I'm learning right now about which world I want to live in
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Mary Carroll Moore
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