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Using Donald Maass’s Inner, Outer, and Other Modes Will Help You Crack the Code on Writing about Emotions
Last Saturday, I spent an hour in a sensory deprivation tank filled with body temperature water and 800 pounds of Epsom salts. After my session, someone asked, "Did you spend some time on the astral plane?" Grinning, I replied, "Why yes I most certainly did." If...
Answering This One Weird Question Will Help You Build Better Characters
Two weeks ago, I started a class where the instructor asked the following question: What if you were The One? Like many people, I squirmed in my chair. The One? Seriously? Sensing our discomfort, he asked us each to list the ways we’re already the ones making a...
Two Ways to Strengthen the Cause-and-Effect Chain in Your Manuscript
Over the weekend I dreamt I was caulking my bathtub with toothpaste while delivering a speech to the UN. After the speech, I ended up at a resort that flooded every afternoon. Fearing a mold infestation, I suggested hotel staff build a gate to prevent the high tide...