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Q&A: What to do when you've been told there's not "Not enough conflict" in your story

The pick of the Itch of Writing Ask Me Anything Chats

Feb 13 • Emma Darwin

Think of Your Sentence as a Story

How cart-before-the-horse sentences and cause-and-effect failures can ruin your storytelling

Feb 6 • Emma Darwin

Fourteen Things Your Readers Want, But You Don't Have to Give Them

Unless you and your story decide you want to.

Jan 30 • Emma Darwin

So You Want to Do a Writing Course?

Part Two of a two-part series: when to do a course, how to choose one, and how not to become a course junkie

Jan 23 • Emma Darwin

Archetype, Off-the-Peg or Thundering Cliché?

When is a character, a phrase or a situation a stereotype, and when is it a trope? And what should you do about it all?

Jan 16 • Emma Darwin

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The Ten Structural Edits I Most Often Suggest

Mar 1, 2024 • Emma Darwin

Psychic Distance: What It Is and How To Use It

Sep 13, 2024 • Emma Darwin

Itchy Bitesized 34: Ten Things That Go Wrong With Historical Fiction

Dec 20, 2024 • Emma Darwin

On The Power Of The Appointment To Write

Nov 15, 2024 • Emma Darwin

This Itch of Writing with Emma Darwin

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