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Your Writing Support System

by Stephanie Dethlefs | Jun 14, 2022 | Accountability, First Draft, Mindset, writing life

Who supports you in your writing goals? Who is giving you regular feedback? Who is your writing community?  In this look back at an older episode, we are busting the myth that writers need to work in isolation, and building ourselves a team to help us from the first...

What is your novel really about?

by Stephanie Dethlefs | Jun 13, 2022 | Audience, First Draft, Planning your book, Revision

Have you ever read or heard a story that left you uninterested or unengaged or just plain bored? A trap that novelists can easily fall into is that of not knowing (or not sharing) what the novel is really about. In this episode we are exploring what questions to ask...

Writing for Young Readers

by Stephanie Dethlefs | Dec 7, 2021 | Audience, First Draft, Planning your book, Writing for Young Readers, Writing middle grade, Writing YA

There are those who believe that writing for young readers is easier than writing for adults, but they couldn’t be more wrong! When we write for young readers, we need to consider the same things for them as we do adult readers, with the added understanding of their...

How to Use Feedback on Your Writing

by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 28, 2021 | Accountability, Book Coaching, Getting feedback, Inner critic, Revision, writing craft, writing life

What happens after you’ve received some feedback, whether it was from a loved one, a beta reader, or an editor? We all know that getting feedback on your writing is an important part of the process, but where do you start when you’ve got pages and pages of notes?...

Building Tension in Your Novel

by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 7, 2021 | First Draft, Planning your book, Revision, writing craft

When I think of tension in a story, my first thought is of suspense. We are waiting for something to jump out of a dark corner or for the final confrontation between hero and villain. Our bodies are tense, preparing for what my 13-year-old son calls “the jump-scare.”...
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