No writer starts a work in progress with the intention of not taking it all the way. That first sentence is always created with every expectation you'll type "The end", but sometimes it just doesn't happen. Life sidelines you. A shiny new idea comes along. Or this idea is simply the one that gets away. …
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Not content with writing just one book, some writers tackle a series. I did this for the first manuscript I decided to write seriously (either bravely or stupidly, I still haven't decided), and one thing I learned was that it pays to have a series bible. A series bible is a document made up of …
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Every writer has either a desk drawer or a folder on their computer with a manuscript they started but never quite completed. It might be because the idea was only good for two chapters, they could never dig their way out of a major plot hole, or life became more important than writing the final …
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