Ep. 588: 6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

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Ep. 588: 6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

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May 16, 2022

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Use these six ways to find your best ideas for writing your book, as you cultivate, channel, and honor your deeper inspiration.

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May 16, 2022

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Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)

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