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Office Hours: What is the True North for your book?
Meredith R. Stoddard Meredith R. Stoddard

Office Hours: What is the True North for your book?

My weekly tour through what’s going on with my writing, and productivity as well as keeping my family sane through lockdown. This week I’m talking about theme and why it’s important for your story and how it can help productivity.

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Putting some flesh on those bones
Meredith R. Stoddard Meredith R. Stoddard

Putting some flesh on those bones

Are you still with me? Got your Beat Sheet ready? Now that you’re sketched out the main arc of the story, It’s time to dive in and make a scene by scene outline. This is where that prioritized list and Beat Sheet get translated into your story. Think of the Beat Sheet as high level telling what will happen in your book. Now, it’s time to get to showing.

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