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    Worldbuilding-Setting The Magic of Midpoint with USA Today bestselling author Kris Kennedy

    Midpoint is one of the most important parts of a story arc. It’s a huge ‘push point,’ where all the threads of your story come together to ‘push’ the character and plot towards a rousing Act III. Do you know how to give your story that ‘push’? Do you know how to craft a midpoint that puts...
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    Plot-Structure-GMC Keys to Crafting Scene Level Drama with Kris Kennedy

    You’ve got a great story with awesome characters yet, somehow, it’s sagging. Your wonderful characters aren’t exploding off the page...at least not after the opening chapters. Your scenes aren’t taking off. The story feels flat. What’s going on? One of the most common challenges writers face...
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    Genre-Romance Plot Your Romance Novel In A Week By Turning Points with USA Today Bestseller Kris Kennedy

    Great stories have great structure. It’s vital for writers to deliver all the right hits, in all the right places, if they want to get on readers’ auto-buy lists. But most plotting methods aren’t specific for the romance genre.. Trying to adapt a single-protagonist, plot-centric structure will...
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    Plot-Structure-GMC Powerful Openings: Hook Your Readers From Page One with USA Today Bestseller Kris Kennedy

    How ‘hook-y’ is the opening of your manuscript? You sure about that? In this highly competitive market, it's more important than ever to ensure your readers are immediately sucked into your story. They have a hundred other things they could be doing, including reading a different book. Why...
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    Character Remarkable Characters with USA Today bestseller, award-winning author Kris Kennedy

    "Forget making your characters 'sympathetic.' Make them remarkable. How many times have we heard the advice: "Make your character 'sympathetic.'" Or scarier yet, 'relatable.' But maybe that’s not what you need... When you start focusing on making your heroes and heroines sympathetic...