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Romance: The K.I.S.S. Method
Maximizing romantic tension with a single, simple technique.
Nov 26, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Set Up & Pay Off
Mastering story's most satisfying loop.
Nov 12, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Emotional Energy
Focusing on what your characters are trying NOT to feel.
Oct 29, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Character Development with Clare Osongco
Key questions to ask ALL of your characters
Oct 22, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Turning To Story
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The Perfect Beginning
Three things every good opening needs
Oct 15, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Turning To Story
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Fast Drafting for Slow Writers
from 7 Layer Plot Dip to a sparkly first draft in 6 weeks
Oct 8, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
and applying it to story
Oct 1, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Turning To Story
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Conflicting Goals
How opposing character goals can maximize conflict
Jun 11, 2025
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Lyssa Mia Smith
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Anna Mercier
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Authors Anna Mercier and Lyssa Mia Smith fight to keep the joy in writing through weekly explorations of the one thing writers can control: their craft.
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