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April 21, 2025

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Making Writing Subplots Easier

by Elizabeth S. Craig  As a reader, I’ve always enjoyed a good subplot. Sometimes, it’s what’s kept me reading a book. I’ll want to see what happens in the B-story, even after I’ve [...]

January 21, 2019

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Your “Easy As Pie” Guide to Subplots + Giveaway (Part 3 of 3)

by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Oh, no. You just took a look at your outline or draft. It’s definitely too short. Or, in a different scenario, it’s long enough. But, unfortunately, it’s rather bland. [...]

January 18, 2019

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Your “Easy As Pie” Guide to Subplots + Giveaway (Part 2 of 3)

by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Ah, subplots. Once you get a handle on them, you’ll solve a huge problem. You’ll be able to get your novel to the right length—without stretching your main plot [...]

January 14, 2019

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Your “Easy As Pie” Guide to Subplots + Giveaway (Part 1 of 3)

by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld Have you ever tried to make a pie crust from scratch? In my experience, when you press the dough into the pie pan, there’ll be areas where the dough [...]

June 2, 2017

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Creating Distractions for A Protagonist

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Larry Brooks of StoryFix frequently offers helpful posts for writers. He wrote a post recently for the Kill Zone blog called “Three Quick and Easy Tips that Will [...]

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