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Writing Prompt: The Dream

Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Oct 1, 2021 | Writing Prompts

Writing prompt: What was your character’s most recent dream? Why did they have that particular dream? Write a paragraph where they remember it…and understand it.

How To Outline Your Novel. Or Not.

Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Sep 27, 2021 | Craft

USA Today bestseller Hank Phillippi Ryan was an unshakable panster. And then one day, she made an outline. What happened next was a shocker.

Writing Prompt: Movie Star?

Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Aug 27, 2021 | Writing Prompts

Your character wants to be a movie star. Who would they be? Why? What does that tell you?

Does Likability Matter?

Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Aug 23, 2021 | Craft

USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan asks: What does relatable mean? And it does relatable necessarily mean likable? When writing a main character, how much does likability matter?

Author: Hank Phillippi Ryan

“Get the structure wrong and you blow up shortly after take off.”

Readers don’t want to guess the ending, but they don’t want to be so baffled that it annoys them.

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