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November Daily Write-Along

Where to take your character (or yourself) when you feel stuck
500 words, twenty minutes, a character free-write, a scene: whatever it takes to get us to the page
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A Celebration Thread & an Idea for Endings
Love love love on the last day of the November Daily Write-Along
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How the Writer Did It (#1 in a Series)
the opening of Luis Alberto Urrea's GOODNIGHT, IRENE on Day 21 (!!) of the November Daily Write-Along
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On Time, Decline, and Skiing
Three kinds of encouragement, writing prompts, a funding opp & more on Day 20 of the Write-Along.
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The Skills That Age Well: On Writing and Basketball
A prompt for characters, bibliomancy, and an encouraging story about being bad at basketball. Day 19 of the November Daily Write-Along!
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Your Character's Karaoke Song
A character-generating exercise for Day 18 of the November Daily Write-Along!
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An Orientation of Gratitude
2 Writing Prompts & The Thanksgiving Address on Day 17 of the November Daily Write-Along
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9 Questions for Deepening Characters and Expanding the Emotional Arc of Your Book
Where the author gets her comeuppance & Day 15 of the November Write-Along
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Writing Middles: The Grand Canyon Problem
And what you can do about them. Day 14 of the November Daily Write-Along.
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To Plot or Not to Plot
a quiver of arrows problem + Day 13 of the November Daily Write-Along
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What Would Your Favorite Author Do?
Plus: Two prompts and gentle output advice from Colson Whitehead for your Day 12 November Daily Write-Along!
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Some writing jumper cables for you
Memorist Mary Karr, the beloved author of Lit and The Art of the Memoir, is writing on a deadline right now, and having a difficult time of it. Day 11…
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