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34. Do You Want to Talk in the Hall?

I want to add another part of story that makes Beth more compelling. The main character should be a person you care about and I wasn't sure if people ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Story #1, Story Drafts Tagged With: character development, flashback

33. Ah Yes, Books

I talked about needing to write more compelling content about Beth in the last post. Let's do that now. Continuing Story #1. Beth arrived to ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Story #1, Story Drafts Tagged With: character development, flashback

32. Whatever

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I'm getting so close to the end of my July goal as I type this. Cross all your fingers that I succeed! Let's pick up on Story #1 where we left ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Story #1, Story Drafts Tagged With: plot, suspense

31. No Answer

Let's jump right in. I scheduled myself a massage because self-care. We start back at school next week and I know my body needs some relaxing. ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Story #1, Story Drafts Tagged With: plot, problem, story #1 drafts, suspense

30. I Might Have a Title

Hi, all! I think I might have a title for this story (or book?). I came up with either "Picture Perfect..?" or "Troubled Waters." I was messing ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Behind The Scenes, Story #1 Tagged With: book cover, book title, self-publish, video, writing resources

29. Increasingly Anxious

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Okay since I did a little brain dump post, I'm feeling ready to write. And the part I want to write is where we left off way back on post 24. A ...

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Filed Under: All Writings, Story #1, Story Drafts Tagged With: late night writing, writing anxiety

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Hi! I’m Amanda R. DeWitt.

I'm a teacher, cat mom, wife to a bearded gentleman, and coffee junkie. I've always secretly wanted to be an author (or not so secretly--I've started 8 other blogs). This is my space to practice. It's not all great. It doesn't all make sense. But I'm doing it anyways. I'm happy you're here. :) Read More…

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