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Sing Me Noel: A Christmas Nov…
We need to talk about G(a)linda
An Anatomy of Story look at Wicked
Dec 19, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Writing on a Road trip through Northern Ireland
This is a GIANT adventure
Oct 10, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
I signed with a literary agent. 🤭
Agent representation, stats, and behind the scenes!
Jul 30, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Ditzy. 💅
Femininity vs. intelligence
Apr 3, 2024
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Nicole Wilbur
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A Preptober process using John Truby's The Anatomy of Genres
It's here!
Sep 30, 2023
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Nicole Wilbur
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Newsletters
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Everything I wrote at the Oxford Summer School
Plus a writing prompt for you!
Aug 23, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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I signed with a literary agent. 🤭
Agent representation, stats, and behind the scenes!
Jul 30, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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That time I got attacked by a hippo 🦛
No, that's not clickbait. Or a metaphor.
Jul 11, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Cross-Continental Whiplash
Moving upside down and backwards.
Feb 12, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
On turkey synonyms and gorilla edits
Fiction writing into fall
Sep 16, 2024
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Nicole Wilbur
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We need to talk about G(a)linda
An Anatomy of Story look at Wicked
Dec 19, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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It's not just blood and murderesses (but they help)
How The Favourites keeps readers turning pages
Oct 24, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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We need to talk about Jurassic World: Rebirth
Surprisingly, not an article about franchise fatigue, cannibalized IP, or why it took me two hours and 14 minutes to realize Viscount Bridgerton was in…
Jul 7, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
The "High concept" premise & the Space Shuttle
NASA helps us understand high concept hooks
Jun 25, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Rick Riordan, Reader Pleasure & Ice cream
Reader Psychology in Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
Oct 29, 2024
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Nicole Wilbur
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For Writers
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I compared the beats of 5 hit stories-this is what they have in common.
Sharing the story structure spreadsheet.
Nov 21, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Let's Dissect Beta Reader Feedback
Comments from the 1st vs. last rounds of readers
Nov 7, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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0% to 60% request rate: How I improved my query letter and got agent representation
Dissecting the query letter that got me an agent
Nov 3, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Stop piling trauma on your characters 🐦🔥
A way to increase complexity and make your story feel fresh
Oct 31, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Snippets from a Summer at Oxford
Bits of wisdom from Oxford's Creative Writing Tutors + An exercise for better description.
Oct 17, 2025
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Nicole Wilbur
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Sing Me Noel: A Christmas Novella
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On Christmas Eve: Sing Me Noel Pt Eight
The woman in front of me stands, and I notice her hair. It’s so blond, white like a sheet of snow. My stomach jolts.
Dec 23, 2024
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All Ye Faithful: Sing Me Noel Pt Seven
Our eyes meet, and I’m overcome with the strangest sensation of wanting to know him.
Dec 20, 2024
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Love & Gluhwein: Sing Me Noel Pt Six
I’m staring at this Facebook page with the hunger of a fifteen-year-old stalking a crush.
Dec 16, 2024
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Christmas Pints & Proper Snogging: Sing Me Noel Pt Five
this is the pub sing, not a Hallmark movie.
Dec 13, 2024
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New-falling Sky: Sing Me Noel Pt Four
He suddenly looks closer to thirty than fifteen.
Dec 9, 2024
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