Recent content by Margaret

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    Announcement Pitchfest starts Wednesday!

    Agreed it would be nice to be linked to results
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    Pacing-Tension Pancakes are Not Plot with Margaret Bates

    Writing a full novel is a daunting prospect. As a writer, you have to fill between 75,000 – 120,000 or even more words based on genre expectations. But how do you make sure you can avoid that dreaded saggy middle? How do you know that each chapter and scene zings with tension and keeps readers...
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    Genre Going Pro: How to Ethically Repurpose Aspects of your Fanfic for Original Works with Margaret Bates

    Like it or not, over a decade ago, Fifty Shades of Grey changed the publishing game, and brought romance novels a new level of recognition and cache in the age of e-books. By now, most people know it started as Twilight fanfiction. However, did you know that the trend of authors going pro from...
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    Editing Editing for Authors with Margaret Bates

    You’ve done it! You’ve finished your first draft. Maybe even you’ve gone over your draft a few times and had some beta reader feedback as well. But you’re either not sure it’s ready to send off to an editor, or if you’re if you’ve decided to edit it all on your own, you’re not sure if you’ve...
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    Plot-Structure-GMC Outlining Your Novel with Ivy Quinn

    Do you struggle with getting started? Are you a pantser who has always wanted to try plotting? Do you wish you could write faster? In this class, USA Today Bestselling author Ivy Quinn will take you through the steps of creating a detailed thirty chapter or so outline for your novel so that...
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    Character Making Deep POV Work for You with Margaret Bates

    Readers love to be immersed in stories. They want the artifices to fall away and to feel as if they truly are the character as they go through a whirlwind romance, fight aliens in space, or attend a magical academy…etc. One of the key steps to creating immersive writing is to master deep point...