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1. Get yourself to write anything.

2. Get yourself to write every day.

3. Get yourself to continue writing something you previously started.

4. Improve the quality of your writing with specific detail.

5. Learn that it's not enough to just have specific detail--it must be significant detail.

6. Learn about the architecture of story.

7. "Story Structure Architect" by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.

I have completed 13 book manuscripts, and had 4 published. My last thriller novel got me an agent. (Took me 2 years for the original draft followed by 4 years of rewrites over 30 drafts.)






As a side gig or full on dedication?

Side gig



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