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Beth McMullen...co-hosts Writers With Wrinkles
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Writers: You don’t need more advice—you need the right edits, fast.

That’s what Quick Wins deliver.
🎯 Expert feedback
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📍 Perfect for writers ready to get unstuck and make real progress.

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Info-dumping is pace poison. Joel Brigham says ditch the backstory (for now) and let tension do the heavy lifting.

Want flow? Earn it scene by scene.

Listen to the latest the Writers With Wrinkles pod and fix your first chapter.
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Mirror scene? Dream sequence? Weather report? You might be killing your novel’s momentum on page 1.

Joel Brigham explains how to start strong and keep pace.

✍️ Start in the middle, not before it starts.

🎙 Listen now:https://buff.ly/oaaA21Z

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Stuck in the muddy middle?
Your manuscript’s not broken—you just need a chapter strategy that actually works.

🔧 Quick Win: Chapter Edit
📄 12 pages + in-line edits + summary
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Your draft isn’t slow because it’s quiet. It’s slow because nothing’s happening.

Joel Brigham on the Writers with Wrinkles pod breaks down why tension > noise, and why urgency—not action—fuels pace.

🎧 A must-listen for anyone stuck mid-draft.
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You did the work. The query's solid. The manuscript sings.

Still nothing?

Welcome to publishing. Let’s talk about the role of luck (and how not to lose your mind waiting for it).

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You revised. You sweated the small stuff. You queried. Still no bites?

It’s not you. It’s publishing.

New post on why “doing it right” isn’t always enough—and how to survive the randomness without setting your laptop on fire.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #amquerying

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Pixie Dust & Publishing: Why Hard Work Isn’t Always Enough (and What To Do About It)
Let’s start with a brutal truth: getting a literary agent is hard.
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White Lotus is slow. But not the good kind. New post on how to tell if your book has the same issue—and how to fix it.
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If you’re writing scenes where nothing changes—cut them. Or give them a job. No freeloaders.
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Pacing check: What happens? Why does it matter? What’s the charge? If the answer is “vibes,” your scene’s on life support.
#writingcommunity #authors #amquerying

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Not all short scenes = fast pacing. Not all lush prose = slow. Pacing is about urgency, not speed. Break that myth wide open in this week’s post.
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Is Your Pacing Off or Is Your Novel Just Bored?
This is important. It might solve your problems.
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Van Gogh built his style through influence—reinterpreting Millet and Hiroshige with his own emotional lens.

Writers: your voice starts as an echo and sharpens over time. That’s not a flaw. That’s the process.

Full post on how imitation becomes authenticity 🔗 buff.ly/5dWHaoR
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Van Gogh Didn’t Start with Starry Night
or, how imitating other artists helped Van Gogh (and can help you) find your true creative voice
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Van Gogh didn’t start with Starry Night—he began by studying the artists he admired.

Imitating style is how your voice starts to speak. It’s not cheating. It’s craft.

It's how you find YOUR voice.

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Van Gogh Didn’t Start with Starry Night
or, how imitating other artists helped Van Gogh (and can help you) find your true creative voice
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Brian Selznick said writing about first love at 16 meant leaving “secret rooms” for readers to interpret.

Nothing spoon-fed. All heart.

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Favorite takeaway from our Brian Selznick interview?

“You can use coincidence to get INTO a story, but not to get OUT of it.”'

📻 Don’t miss Season 4, Ep 10 → buff.ly/W7kTIMB

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Slow burns > fast scrolls.
Your story still matters.
New post on bookstores, readers, and hope ➡️ buff.ly/ExKwrI0
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Monday mood: Let’s get that book moving.
I coach writers from “meh” to “manuscript.”
Curious? Come peek:
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Writing a book?
I’m a coach for writers ready to finish.
Not with shame, guilt, or “shoulds”—but with structure, insight, and yes… some fun.
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If books are dead, somebody forgot to tell Boulder Bookstore. 📚✨
Full shelves, full hearts, and the reason your writing still matters.
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Books Are Dead (Except They're Not!)
Filed under: “Rumors of my demise…”
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