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    Camp Nano – To Infinity…and Beyond
    R. Dugan
    • Apr 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Camp Nano – To Infinity…and Beyond

    How did a month pass so quickly? There’s only one full day of NaNo left! As you cobble together your final wordcount, as you hit...
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    Camp Nano – Redefine Your Goals
    R. Dugan
    • Apr 22, 2018
    • 3 min

    Camp Nano – Redefine Your Goals

    Here we are, at the start of Camp NaNoWriMo’s Week 4! Where did the time go? In some ways, it feels like it’s been April forever…and then...
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    Camp Nano – Steady Over Swift
    R. Dugan
    • Apr 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    Camp Nano – Steady Over Swift

    The beginning of Week 3 is upon us! Week 2 has been conquered and Camp Nano is half over. Whether “conquered” looks to you like a...
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    Camp NaNo – Write 100
    R. Dugan
    • Apr 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Camp NaNo – Write 100

    Week 2 of Camp Nanowrimo is upon us! For some, this is a pinnacle achievement – a whole week of writing dangerously under your belt! For...
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    Camp NaNo Kickoff!
    R. Dugan
    • Apr 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Camp NaNo Kickoff!

    NaNoWriMo season has begun! In November 2009, I remember hitting a serious low point in my writing. I had no inspiration, no direction,...
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    Find Your Genre and Go Wild!
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Find Your Genre and Go Wild!

    There’s no shortage of blogs, articles, books, etc. that will try to helpfully steer writers toward telling stories for a niche that will...
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    8 Questions For A Well-Rounded Antagonist
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    8 Questions For A Well-Rounded Antagonist

    In last week’s blog post, we looked at nine questions to test your protagonist from Janice Hardy’s book on Revising Your Novel. But as...
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    Write from Your Pain
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Write from Your Pain

    In recent years, I’ve started to realize that writing is a much deeper journey than I ever gave it credit for in my rose-colored...
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    9 Questions to Test Your Protagonist
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    9 Questions to Test Your Protagonist

    Recently, my beta partner finished edits on the first novel of my series. While thisopened a doorway to an entirely new phase of the...
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    This Too Shall Pass
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    This Too Shall Pass

    My good friend recently wrote an amazing blog post about the Writing Blahs – when you don’t want to talk to your imaginary friends. This...
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    How to Write A Truly Strong Female Lead
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 11, 2018
    • 4 min

    How to Write A Truly Strong Female Lead

    In honor of International Women’s Day, which came this past week on March 8th, I decided to sit down and blog about a subject that’s been...
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    Talk About Your Story Like You Would A Friend’s
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    Talk About Your Story Like You Would A Friend’s

    I am so proud and privileged to be part of an ongoing beta-team with one of my best friends. And thank goodness she’s not incredibly...
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    It’s Great to Have Goals – Just Don’t Let Them Strangle You!
    R. Dugan
    • Mar 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    It’s Great to Have Goals – Just Don’t Let Them Strangle You!

    Confession: I am an admin nerd. I like to-do lists, checklists, and plans. I like to have clearly-defined goals on a clearly-defined...
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    It’s Okay If It’s Terrible
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    It’s Okay If It’s Terrible

    Two things don’t mix well: writing and perfectionism. Why? Because writing is one of those art forms where you’re guaranteed not to have...
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    How to Give Your Characters Realistic Flaws
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 25, 2018
    • 7 min

    How to Give Your Characters Realistic Flaws

    For as long as I’ve been a part of the online writing community, the one principle that’s been hammered into me by screenshots, blog...
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    Every Rejection is a Victory
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Every Rejection is a Victory

    How often do we consider that triumph and failure are more a matter of perspective than absolutes? There are some who believe that the...
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    The #1 Thing Your Sympathetic MC Needs
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    The #1 Thing Your Sympathetic MC Needs

    There was a movie that came out relatively recent to the writing of this blog post. I won’t name the title, but it was a sequel to a very...
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    Kill Your Darlings
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Kill Your Darlings

    It’s tough to find a writer who doesn’t love at least some angle of their story. Why would we put ourselves through the brainstorming,...
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    Writing and Illness
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Writing and Illness

    This week, I’m writing about something that’s currently very, very close to my heart. And my brain. And my sinuses. To make a...
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    You’re Allowed to Say “No.”
    R. Dugan
    • Feb 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    You’re Allowed to Say “No.”

    In a previous post, I talked a little bit about how saying “yes” to writing means saying “no” to doing something else. Because of the...
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