featuted Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/featuted/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:05:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Organic Coherence: Enhancing A Scene’s Effectiveness https://booksbywomen.org/organic-coherence-enhancing-a-scenes-effectiveness-barbara-linn-probst/ https://booksbywomen.org/organic-coherence-enhancing-a-scenes-effectiveness-barbara-linn-probst/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:25:08 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23974 How many times have we heard that every scene must have a goal, conflict, and pivot, concluding with an upward or downward shift in the protagonist’s journey? The formulation sounds right and, to an extent, it is. Like most generic advice, however, it’s too rigid and mechanical; something’s left out. That’s because we need to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-i-write-diana-lloyd/feed/ 0 22110 Goals, Dreams And Why You Should Be Writing Right Now https://booksbywomen.org/goals-dreams-and-why-you-should-be-writing-right-now/ https://booksbywomen.org/goals-dreams-and-why-you-should-be-writing-right-now/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:37:30 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21666 I have always been a planner. I love to do lists, goals, dreams, timelines – anything I can write into a cute notebook and tick off in green pen, I’m there. I planned my way into being an author. It had always been the end goal, and in every way, I prepared. I made lists […]

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