Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Is Your Plot Connected to Your Characters?

A handful of techniques and tips for making sure your characters are moving along with your story

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Mary Carroll Moore
Oct 10, 2025
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What’s new in my writing room: if you haven’t read my latest novel, Last Bets, check it out—two women artists try to escape their lives by fleeing to a Caribbean island, but paradise isn’t what they find. About female friendships and morality, and how we rescue each other’s hearts in unexpected ways. Last Bets was selected for Kirkus Reviews' Top 100 …

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