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4 Signs It's Time To Dump Your Work In Progress

4 Signs It’s Time To Dump Your Work In Progress

On January 31, 2020November 19, 2021 By K.M. Allan38 Comments

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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Series Bible What To Include And Why Writers Should Have One

Series Bible: What To Include And Why Writers Should Have One

On March 22, 2019April 2, 2019 By K.M. Allan47 Comments

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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Signs You're Afraid of Finishing Your Manuscript

Signs You’re Afraid of Finishing Your Manuscript

On January 25, 2019 By K.M. Allan40 Comments

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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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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