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✨CeCe's Writing Tension Course Now Features The Acquisitions Pipeline! Plus, Healthy Writing Habits to Cultivate✨
Also, don't doubt that you're still a writer even during periods of creative silence...
✨Query Critiques Inside! Plus, The Difference Between Having a Platform and Creating Content; & A Bad Idea Masquerading as a Good One✨
Also, we have a stellar Meet Your Dream Agent profile!
✨All About Fantasy Virtual Retreat; & Unlikable or Just Honest and Complex? Plus, When Consistency Can Be Counterproductive✨
Also, the Beta Reader Match Up registrations are open! And if you're an agent, we'd love to profile you!
✨Lying to Agents When Querying👀; & What 'High Concept' Really Means. Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent✨
Also, why setting matters just as much as plot or character!
✨The Writing Trick That Landed Five Agent Offers. Plus, Meet the Hosts in Calgary Next Month! ✨
Also, thriving as a multilane writer. And how a good agent can help you position your writing!
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Shooting The Shit *LIVE* with Carly and CeCe - Summer Edition
A recording from Carly Watters's live video
✨Rethinking Your Querying Process; & Taking Time Out to Reset. Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent & Query Critiques Inside!✨
Also, adapting a novel for a screenplay. And how flawed characters make for the best love stories.
✨Beginning With the Three Cs; & Creative Marketing Strategies for Introverts✨
Don't miss this week's Books with Hooks, and registrations for the next Beta Reader Match Up are open!
✨Nothing Works Unless You Do; & What Are Chiastic Novels? Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent; & Crafting Compelling Stories✨
Also, we give you a sneak preview of the Apple TV series, Lucky!
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
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