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Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.

• creative Write a Logline That Makes Your Script Sound Worth Reading

  Write the logline that makes someone want to read your script rather than politely pass.

• creative Decide Whether to Self-Publish or Submit to Traditional Publishers

  Work out which publishing path is actually right for your book before you commit to one.

• creative Compare Two Creative Projects Before Deciding Which to Finish First

  Decide which creative project to finish first before both of them stall.

• creative Decide Which Point of View to Use for Your Novel

  Pick the right point of view for your novel before you write 50,000 words in the wrong one.

• creative Translate a Technical Concept into a Metaphor Your Audience Will Actually Understand

  Find the metaphor that makes a technical concept click without making it wrong.

• creative Reframe Your Creative Block as a Diagnostic Signal

  Find out what the block is actually telling you rather than trying to push through it.

• creative Summarise Your Manuscript for a Query Letter Synopsis

  Write the synopsis that makes an agent keep reading your query rather than filing it.

• creative Translate a Real Event You Witnessed into a Piece of Flash Fiction

  Turn the thing you witnessed into a piece of flash fiction that someone else will want to read.

• creative Compare Two Narrative Structures for the Story You Are Planning

  Pick the right narrative structure for your story before you write yourself into a corner.

• creative Translate Your Personal Essay Topic into a Pitch Letter That Gets Responses

  Write the pitch letter that makes an editor want to read your personal essay.

• creative Reframe Your Rejection from a Creative Submission as Editorial Intelligence

  Get something useful out of a rejection rather than just feeling bad about it.

• creative Reframe Your Genre Story as Literary Fiction to Find the Deeper Theme

  Find the human question underneath your genre plot and give your story a second layer.

• creative Critique Your Dialogue for the Three Faults That Kill Fictional Conversations

  Find the three faults that make fictional dialogue feel flat and fix the worst one.

• creative Compare Two Tones for the Same Creative Content

  Choose between two tonal registers for your content before you write yourself into the wrong one.

• creative Explain Why Your Dialogue Is Not Sounding Right

  Find out exactly why your dialogue is not working and get a fixed version of the problem exchange.

• creative Write a Short Story Ending You Have Been Avoiding

  Find out why your ending is not working and get a draft of the one that will.

• creative Critique the First Page of Your Novel

  Find out whether your first page would make someone who has never heard of your novel keep reading.

• creative Critique Your Book's Chapter Titles for What They Are Promising

  Check whether your chapter titles are making promises the chapters can keep.

• creative Explain Why Your Poem Is Not Doing What You Think It Is Doing

  Find out what a reader actually experiences in your poem versus what you meant it to do.

• creative Explain the Structural Difference Between Plot and Story

  Understand the difference between your plot and your story and find out which one you are actually writing.

• creative Decide Between Self-Publishing and Querying Literary Agents

  Work out which publishing route actually suits your manuscript and your goals.

• creative Critique the Structure of a Short Story Draft

  Find out where your short story's structure is working and where it is not before you revise.

• life Critique a Complaint Letter Before You Send It

  Get your complaint letter reviewed before you send it so it actually achieves what you want.

• self Translate a Difficult Emotional Experience Into Something Writable

  Find language for something emotionally significant that keeps resisting being written.

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