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Editing Out Your Writing Gremlins

On September 10, 2021 By K.M. Allan34 Comments

Just as every writer has a way to come up with ideas and put them on the page, there are writing gremlins that pop up with every draft they complete. Sometimes you recognize these gremlins on your own, or sometimes it has to be pointed out to you. This happened to me recently when I …

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6 Ways To Stop Overwriting Your Stories

6 Ways To Stop Overwriting Your Stories

On July 12, 2019 By K.M. Allan47 Comments

There are a few writer-world problems you can have. The muse taking an extended break. Losing a month's worth of progress to backup failure. Realizing the "unique" book idea you've been working on for five years was just published by someone else. Then there's writer-problems you can fix. Learning how to show and not tell, …

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YA writer and blogger. Author of The Blackbirch Series, The Beginning and The Dark Half (books 1 & 2) are out now! I'm also an identical twin, but not the evil one.

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