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Actually, It’s An Open Mic original ↗

2 Sept 2026

Short to long: Fix-up novels original ↗

26 Aug 2026

Questions, Assumptions, and Trusting Your Backbrain original ↗

19 Aug 2026

Rearranging plot points original ↗

12 Aug 2026

About the Story’s Setting original ↗

5 Aug 2026

Things revelations do in stories original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Open Mic for July!original ↗

22 Jul 2026

What Is an Inciting Incident?original ↗

15 Jul 2026

Figuring out how to revise original ↗

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Thoughts on Pantsing original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Jane Yolen appreciation and 4th Street 2026 report original ↗

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How not to prepare–RANT original ↗

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June Open Mike original ↗

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Voices in Dialog original ↗

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Narrative in Dialog Scenes original ↗

27 May 2026

It depends original ↗

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Alternating storylines original ↗

13 May 2026

Choosing “the right word”original ↗

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Open Mike for April original ↗

29 Apr 2026

Horse first original ↗

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Vanishing Viewpoint Characters original ↗

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Fractal writing original ↗

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Open mike!original ↗

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Booting Up Two Different Things original ↗

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4 Mar 2026

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25 Feb 2026

Training Your Writing Intuition original ↗

18 Feb 2026

“Good writing”…Really?original ↗

11 Feb 2026

Open Mike Day original ↗

4 Feb 2026

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28 Jan 2026

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New Year and Basic skills original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Christmas open mike! …plus a warning original ↗

24 Dec 2025

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17 Dec 2025

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10 Dec 2025

Holiday writing blues original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Thanksgiving Open Mike!original ↗

26 Nov 2025

Braided stories original ↗

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Frames and Fix-ups original ↗

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Novella-ists original ↗

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Open Mike Again original ↗

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The Publishing Business original ↗

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Recognizing Stretchy original ↗

17 Sept 2025

Fear and Coping original ↗

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Let Loose the Vampire Ducks original ↗

27 Aug 2025

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Validation and Wrap-Up original ↗

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July Open Mike original ↗

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“Good ideas”original ↗

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9 Jul 2025

Villains and Antagonists, but Mostly Villains original ↗

2 Jul 2025

Finding Writing Exercises I Like original ↗

25 Jun 2025

My Fourth Street, 2025 original ↗

18 Jun 2025

June Open Mike!original ↗

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Running first original ↗

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Endings are Beginnings (and Vice Versa)original ↗

28 May 2025

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21 May 2025

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14 May 2025

Writing forsoothly original ↗

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Open Mike for April original ↗

30 Apr 2025

Description through characterization original ↗

23 Apr 2025

Description in General original ↗

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Fashions in Description original ↗

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March Open Mike!original ↗

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“Weak” verbs aren’t original ↗

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What’s good?original ↗

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Other drivers original ↗

26 Feb 2025

Stakes vs. consequences original ↗

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Audience, Pro and Con original ↗

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29 Jan 2025

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22 Jan 2025

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8 Jan 2025

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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanuka original ↗

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Weaving in Context original ↗

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Context: Prologues original ↗

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Room in your head original ↗

4 Dec 2024

Happy Thanksgiving Open Mic original ↗

27 Nov 2024

Best and Worst Day in the Life original ↗

20 Nov 2024

Plots and Projects original ↗

13 Nov 2024

Outlines, Log lines, and so on original ↗

6 Nov 2024

Announcement, plus the Big Three again original ↗

30 Oct 2024