Videos about writing - created during the pandemic
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How to write a novel (or anything) when everything else is falling apart
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How to write: Start with a "What if?"
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How to write: tips on creating a character
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How to write: more tips on creating characters
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Friday AMA - plus a quick tour of all the weird and wonderful things I have in my office!
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Top 10 tips for all writers/top 10 tips for mystery writers
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How, when and why to find an agent
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Writing for teens (or even younger readers: What's different and what's the same?
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A pep talk for all of us - plus ask me anything answers, including naming characters and the pitfalls of travel
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Tips on writing dialog - including said is NOT dead
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Tips on voice. Voice changes everything in a book. It can be dispassionate, or as gossipy as old friend. How to think about and find your voice when writing.
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When to write in first person - plus a sneak peek from the book I'm working on now!
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Tips on writing in third person
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Writing tools that could help you - something for everyone!
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Turn a character into a career. Series mysteries are very popular. Put some thought into your set up and it will pay off for years to come.
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Three ways to handle violence in your writing
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Clues, red herrings, and foreshadowing in your mystery writing
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Tips on editing yourself
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How to select POV characters - plus some general tips that are keeping me sane.
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Five things I learned writing mysteries and thrillers - plus the exciting moment when I spilled ketchup all over my keyboard!
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Showing vs. teeing - and how do you tell when you're telling?"
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Plots are made up of scenes - but what goes into a scene?
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Ideas on incorporating your theme - plus a demonstration of how to get out of handcuffs!
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How to create kick-ass chapter endings
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Mystery tips: how to get characters to talk and ideas for future plots
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How to keep readers turning the pages: 15 tips for turning up the tension
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Five more ways to turn up the tension, including pain, fear and striving
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More ideas on getting out of restraints: rope, zip ties, duct tape, handcuffs
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More ways to turn up the tension, including the fake scare, dramatic irony, unhealthy choices, and short sentences/paragraphs/chapters
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More, more ways to turn up the tension, including betrayals, deaths, secrets and putting off confrontations.
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I sold two new books! And how to take an idea and begin to turn it into a book.
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More ways to spice up your book with twists, turns and surprises
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Tips on lots of stuff: curly hair, ebay, and using lyrics in your work
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Plot basics: many ways of looking at the same thing
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Two kinds of plotters - and how each can improve
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Talking about Act 1 in the 3 Act structure
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What to do if you think you're being followed - plus some handy tips about adrenaline
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How to start your book - Action, Camera, Lights
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20 questions I ask myself when I begin a book
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How I stole from myself to create my first character
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Juggling life and the creative process
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What to do when you've finished your book
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The story behind the story: where Shock Point came from
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The story behind the story: Girl, Stolen and Count All Her Bones
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The story behind the stories: The Body in the Woods and Blood Will Tell
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The story behind the stories: The Lonely Dead
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The story behind the stories: The Girl in the White Van
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