Can an Onion Help You Write a Better Novel? (Introducing, the Plot Onion!)
this newest resource is for fiction-writers who – like me – struggle to keep the big-picture story neatly in mind while writing...
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Crystal Crawford
Nov 12, 20183 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending
Hi, everyone, and welcome to the final post in my “Plotting Your Story” series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending!
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Crystal Crawford
Nov 5, 20187 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outline
Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #6 in my “Plotting Your Story” series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outlines!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 29, 20185 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations
Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #5 in my “Plotting Your Story” series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 22, 20185 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads
Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 15, 20186 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)
Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 8, 201812 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)
Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series:
Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 1, 20184 min read
Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise
Today’s post is the first in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise!
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 25, 20172 min read
Should You NaNoWriMo?
Here are some things to consider before committing to the crunch of 50,000 words in November.
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 25, 20173 min read
How to Succeed at NaNoWriMo
a brief bullet-point list of some of the things I learned from my frenzied first-time NaNoWriMo experience...
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Crystal Crawford
Dec 1, 20161 min read
I Finished NaNoWriMo!
Author's note as of 9-2-20: This mess of a novel I mentioned in this post went on to become The Edge of Nothing, the first book in The...
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Crystal Crawford
Nov 28, 20166 min read
What I Learned from NaNoWriMo
2016 was my first attempt at NaNoWriMo. For the first few days, it rocked! But then, I hit a snag: I hadn’t had time to outline very much b
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