The Beat Sheet: An Overview

When you are starting a story, you need to know approximately where things should happen. It helps you to maintain the pacing of your story. There is a great tool for this process — the beat sheet. I use a

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Feline Freedom League January 2023 Mission Report

From: Agent MollyTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 1 January 2023Subject: Mission Report I must admit that I am not happy with the directive that I need to lose weight. I’m big boned, and that’s where most of the weight comes from. I’m

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Eirwen pt 3

Link to Eirwen pt 2 She explored the space in which she found herself. She hadn’t liked the cage, but it had been palatial when compared to the traveling cage. She didn’t like cages. She sat under the tree that

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Eirwen pt 2

Link to Eirwen pt 1 Tom Markham peered through the gloom. Damn it was cold. He studied the alley. Would a toddler go down it? He wished he knew for certain. At least the snow was easing off. The weather

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Eirwen pt 1

She picked her way along the street. The white stuff had been falling for quite a while. It was quite deep now, almost to her shoulder. She needed to find a warm dry place where she could be safe. She

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Felline Freedom League December 2022 Report

From: Agent ZoeTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 4 December 2022Subject: Mission ReportWe have received your decision and I must say, I’m disappointed. I will abide by your decision to promote Agent Probie to Senior Agent. I will be the bigger cat and

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Managing Your Writing Time

If you are like me, you are juggling a lot of ideas, written drafts, brainstorming, and other writing tasks. You may feel as though there isn’t enough time to deal with it all. It is easy to manage your tasks

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Creating Believable Characters

Characters can be fun to create. You want your heroes to be heroic and your villains to be villainous. Right? Of course. In the real world, though, no one is all good or all bad. Humans are a mixture of

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Affectation

Look up the word Affectation in the dictionary. You will find it is “behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.” In other words, it doesn’t sound a like a real person. That’s fine if you want

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Feline Freedom League November Report

From: Agent WinnieTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 6 November 2022Subject: Mission ReportAgent Zoe is not happy that you gave the Senior Agent position to Agent Probie. She keeps asking me why I’m not disappointed. I have tried to make her realize that

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