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Revising Up!

Where's the Heat? Assessing Your Power Positions in Story

Are Your Characters Fading from Your Story?

How to Approach Revision: A Checklist for Reluctant (or Tired) Writers

Three Tips to Bring Forth the "Why" of Your Story

Satisfaction in the Writing Life: Juggling Time (Quantity) and Value (Quality)

Point of View: A Review of a Writer's Storytelling Options

Acceptance and Rejection

My Index Card Method of Using Feedback

Five Components of Successful Chapters

Following the Headlights: Illuminating the Path of Your Book

Anxiety versus Creativity

Activities of Persistence--What Keeps Us Writing

Two Exercises to Help You Stay Hooked on Your Writing This Week

Long View and Short View

Using a River Chart to Map the "Flow" of Your Book

Writing from Both Sides of the Brain--Some New Discoveries

Creative Tension: How It Affects Your Writing Momentum

What It Costs to Be a Working Writer, Part 2: Time

What It Costs to Be a Working Writer, Part 1: Money

First Sunday Q&A: Getting Reviews of Your New Book

Structuring Your Book in Three Acts

Writing as the Ultimate Heart-Healer: Restoring a Sense of Wonder

The Power of "Just Start"

A Letter to the Inner Critic

First Sunday Q &A: Process versus Product--Chart a More Balanced Course in Your Writing Life

How to Find and Work with an Accountability Partner

Surprising Benefits of an Annual Journal Review

A Different Way to Work with Writing Goals

Revision Checklist: What I Use to Stay on Track

First Sunday Q&A: Is Your Writing Expansive or Contracted?

Entrainment: What You Hold Close, Creates Who You Are