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Plotting Act 2, The Belly of the Beast

2 November 2016 Melanie Anastasiou 0

Update: Great start on our Kickstarter campaign yesterday.  We made it to 50 backers and 15% funded on day 1!  Thank you so much to […]

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In Praise of Your Elevator Pitch

8 July 2016 Melanie Anastasiou 2

One of the finest ways to use 10 minutes in a busy week is to master the elevator pitch — that is, one sentence that […]

Fun and Games Inside the Belly of the Beast

8 September 2015 Melanie Anastasiou 0

  Somebody who would be a brilliant writer if he stuck with it said to me, “I got a good ways in and then the whole story […]

Writer’s Block: Resources, and Strategies

20 February 2015 Melanie Anastasiou 0

This week I promised to write up some ways to bypass writer’s block.  If you have more I’d love to hear them. Like sleep mnemonics, it’s […]

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