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winter update + spring goals (+ an announcement)
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! The weather where I live is once again unpredictable and slightly infuriating. It was beautiful, sunny, warm weather last week, and on the day I write this it is snowing. Ah well, such is living in Michigan. If you don’t like the…
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the tbr book tag
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! One of the things at which I have been steadily chipping away lately is my TBR pile. Since starting to use Goodreads to track my reading, it has been easier than ever to add a book to my TBR, and the pile…
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unearthing the origins of everyday idioms
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! A few months ago I posted a list of literary terms along with their examples. Recently, a reader suggested that I do a similar post with common English idioms, and I thought that sounded like a fun idea, so here we are!…
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top tips for writing from an outline
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! For the past three weeks, we’ve been diving into all things outlining and story structure in what I like to call Plotting School. The first week we explored why you should outline your story. Then we did an in-depth study of the…
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outlining to fit your needs: methods and ideas
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Quote, Unquote! We are now over halfway through February’s four-week Plotting School series! Two weeks ago we started with why you should (or maybe shouldn’t) outline. Last week, we dove deep into the Three-Act Structure and broke it down using Pixar’s Cars as an…
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