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  • Fiction Writers Mistake #2: Your Plot Is Too Twisted

    Lana McAra gives you points to ponder and questions to answer that add the right amount of plot twists and shock value that makes your fiction writing #Unputdownable rather than overwhelming.

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  • Paranormal Mysteries With a Spin with Lisa Jones Gentry

    Lisa Jones Gentry joins Lana McAra to go over the steps to creating paranormal mysteries in a way that yields #Unputdownable fiction writing.

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  • Fiction Writers Mistake #1: No Motivation

    Lana McAra shows you the importance of explaining what motivates your characters and how that creates the foundation for an #Unputdownable story.

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  • Blogging to Market Your Fiction with George Cramer

    George Cramer joins Lana McAra to discuss the ins-and-outs of blogging as a key venue for marketing your fiction writing in a way that makes it enticingly #Unputdownable.

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  • When to Tell, Not Show

    Lana McAra show you how to assemble your fiction novel's scenes like a string of pearls, bringing to the fore those that make for absolutely #Unputdownable writing.

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  • Should You Attend Book Fairs?

    Lana McAra dives into the question and nuances of whether attending book fairs can benefit your career as a fiction writer - and whether this could help you create #Unputdownable writing.

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  • What Should Be Your Writing Schedule?

    Lana McAra, author of 44 books and counting, shares her thoughts on how to craft your writing schedule, including whether you should even have one.

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  • Villains Aren’t All Bad: All Characters Have Good and Bad Points

    Lana McAra wades into the human condition and shows examples of how complex, complete good and evil characters make for #Unputdownable page-turners.

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  • Connecting With Nonprofits

    Lana McAra provides examples of how incorporating a nonprofit into your fiction writing creates #Unputdownable fiction writing and can further a good cause.

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  • Show and Tell

    Lana McAra delves into the Show, Don't Tell method for fiction writing and raises the question of whether it's enough or you need to do more to make your novel #Unputdownable.

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  • The Rule of Threes

    Lana McAra provides examples of how the Rule of Threes strengthens your fiction writing and makes your story #Unputdownable in a way your readers cannot fathom - and cannot resist.

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  • Personality Pendulums

    Lana McAra illustrates how creating personality pendulums, where the character can go from being nice to not-so-nice, makes for scintillatingly #Unputdownable fiction writing.

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  • Head Hopping: What It Is and What to Do About It

    Lana McAra reveals the phenomenon of head hopping, which can either make your fiction writing #Unputdownable or confuse your reader - depending on how effectively you manage it.

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  • How Point of View (POV) Affects Setting

    Lana McAra explains how Point of View, or POV, affects your setting and your fiction writing so your novel becomes #Unputdownable in the eyes of your readers.

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  • Why Literary Novels Are Hard to Write: The Sagging Middle

    Lana McAra explains what a literary novel is, and how to avoid the #1 pitfall fiction writers encounter when they create them so the final product remains #Unputdownable.

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  • Diversifying Your Publishing: How to Make It Work For You

    Lana McAra shows how the same principles of diversification involved in financial planning apply to your publishing strategy as you publish and promote #Unputdownable fiction writing.

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  • Fast Publishing: What That Means

    Lana McAra provides a comprehensive definition of fast publishing, including how it builds your fame as a fiction writer and makes your work uniquely #Unputdownable.

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  • Follow The Leaders in Fiction Writing

    Lana McAra draws a blueprint showing you how to identify fiction writers to follow, model, and emulate and discover their success secrets to creating #Unputdownable fiction.

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  • Review: Writing Mysteries by Writer’s Digest Books (Edited by Sue Grafton)

    Lana McAra reviews one of the premier compilation books for fiction writers to show you new tactics and strategies that create #Unputdownable fiction writing.

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  • How to Know If Your Fiction Novel Idea Will Work

    Lana McAra gives you criteria that helps you know if your fiction novel idea will lead to a body of work your readers will find #Unputdownable.

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  • The Ugly Secret Successful Fiction Writers Don’t Share

    Lana McAra delves into the ugly, successful secret fiction writers keep close to the vest - the fact that creating, launching, and marketing your #Unputdownable novel means you're running a business.

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  • Character Conflicts

    Lana McAra reveals the proper way to manage - and define - character conflicts so your fiction writing becomes #Unputdownable, not tedious and boring.

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  • You Should Write a Series: True or False?

    Lana McAra explains the various ways writing a series of fiction novels not only makes you more successful in every way, but also makes the current book more #Unputdownable.

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  • How Easy to Find Are You?

    Lana McAra reveals her experiences getting media publicity and making powerful contacts at book festivals so people know her fiction writing is #Unputdownable.

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  • How to Use Archetypes to Make Your Story Better

    Lana McAra shows you how the proper and effective use of archetypes to build your storylines and characters makes your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Building Suspense

    Lana McAra takes you through steps and questions you can ask as you build cliffhangers and moments of #Unputdownable suspense.

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  • A Light Touch: How to Make It Work For You

    Lana McAra reveals tactics that prevent your fiction novel reader from getting triggered to stop and think. This makes your story #Unputdownable.

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  • Every Goldmine Is At the End of a Dirt Road

    Lana McAra shares the challenges fiction novel writers face in getting motivated, staying focused, and being efficient and effective creating #Unputdownable stories.

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  • Don’t Get Cutesy!

    Lana McAra delves into the many ways getting cutesy with your writing could distract your reader. Avoid these mistakes to keep your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Why the Dark Moment Can Make or Break Your Novel

    Lana McAra delves into the Dark Moment - that place just before the end of your fiction writing that makes your novel #Unputdownable for your readers.

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  • 5 Purposes of Dialogue

    Lana McAra shares the purposes and the power of dialogue and how crafting it effectively and intentionally makes your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Don’t Forget About People

    Lana McAra expounds on how being a fiction novel writer is a people business - all the way from creating the #Unputdownable product to selling it.

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  • The Most Important Factor to Sell More Books

    Ex. Lana McAra shares insights from her conversation with a writer who is very successful at selling books and making them #Unputdownable to her readers.

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  • Successful Book Tables

    Lana McAra shares the secrets successful fiction novel writers, like you, use to manage a successful book table and make more sales of your #Unputdownable novel.

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  • Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

    Lana McAra shares a method for practicing and developing your writing skills that will make your fiction novel #Unputdownable for your readers.

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  • Character Names Are So Important

    Lana McAra shows you the rarely-discussed, and mission-critical, tactics and techniques for naming the characters in your fiction novel to make it truly #Unputdownable.

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  • Review: Guerrilla Marketing for Writers

    Lana McAra reviews Guerrilla Marketing for Writers, the quintessential book on book marketing that gives you what you need to easily and effectively market your #Unputdownable fiction novel.

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  • How to Make Your Main Character Absolutely Real

    Lana McAra reveals an unconventional, yet simple tactic for fiction novel character development anyone can do, that will make your writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Publishers and Marketing: Where Can I Find a Good One?

    Lana McAra reveals different types of marketing depending on which publishing method you choose to promote and sell youe #Unputdownable fiction novel.

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  • Writing Emotion: Essential For Your Success

    Lana McAra reveals the importance of writing emotion, the key ingredient that makes your fiction novel absolutely #Unputdownable.

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  • Agents: Do You Really Need One?

    Lana McAra discusses three types of publishing and whether you should work with an agent to get your #Unputdownable fiction writing published.

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  • Elevate Your Writing by Going Deeper

    Lana McAra takes you on a journey to going deeper into your characters that leads to #Unputdownable fiction writing.

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  • 5 Qualities of a Successful Novelist

    Lana McAra reveals the 5 qualities of a successful fiction writer novelist that lead to content that is #Unputdownable.

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  • Elevate Your Romance to Touch the Reader

    Lana McAra shows you how understanding how humans create romantic connections causes your readers to fall in love with your #Unputdownable story.

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  • Pet Peeve: “It” and “There”

    Lana McAra reveals a major mistake fiction novel writers make, and how to use what you learned in grammar class to make your story #Unputdownable.

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  • The 3 Cs of “Why Write?”

    Lana McAra pulls back the curtain and shows you three different energies and inspirations that, put together your way, make your story #Unputdownable.

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  • What Kind of Editor Do I Need, Anyway?

    Lana McAra breaks down the different types of editing that go into writing a fiction novel that make the finished product absolutely #Unputdownable.

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  • Distribution: The Most Important Aspect of Publishing

    Lana McAra takes you beyond publishing and shows you the ins and outs of book distribution, so readers pick up your #Unputdownable story in the first place.

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  • Reviews: A Secret Method

    Lana McAra shows you the step-by-step process for gathering powerful, effective reviews that show readers your story is #Unputdownable.

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  • Scenes: String of Pearls

    Lana McAra reveals how an effective storyline is like a string of pearls, where the string that holds them together makes your story #Unputdownable.

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  • Psychic Wounds: The Success of Your Novel Depends on Them

    Lana McAra shows you how exposing your hero's imperfections - their psychic wounds and hurts - makes your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Characters: Two Sides of the Same Coin

    Lana McAra distinguishes between protagonists, antagonists, heroes, anti-heroes, and villains, and how the distinctions make your fiction #Unputdownable.

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  • Book Review: Make Your Words Work, by Gary Provost

    Lana McAra reviews this cornerstone book by the author whose method for changing the way you see writing makes your fiction novel #Unputdownable.

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  • Bosch: Characterization, or Why Your Readers Love Your Character’s Flaws

    Lana McAra reveals lessons from the TV character Bosch and how your character's personal flaws and quirks make your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Book Review: Dialogue – The Art of Verbal Action for the Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee

    Lana McAra reviews this landmark book by the master of story structure and how reading it helps you write fiction that is #Unputdownable.

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  • The Answer for the Idea You’ve Been Looking For Could Very Well Be in Your Family History

    Lana McAra reveals how the storyline of your next novel could be within your bloodline, a tale that your readers will find #Unputdownable.

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  • Subplots and Side Characters: You Gotta Have Them

    Lana McAra shows you how to evolve subplots and side characters in your current novel into main characters in your next novel and make your entire series #Unputdownable.

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  • Relationship Energy: Matching or Not Matching?

    Lana McAra explains how relationship energy is the core of any strong fiction novel that makes your readers find it to be #Unputdownable.

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  • Character Worldview: Another Layer

    Lana McAra takes you through a sequence of portals through which your readers see through character's worldview in a story that is #Unputdownable.

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  • Pet Peeve: Disembodied Body Parts

    Lana McAra tells us about one of her pet peeves, a mistake to avoid to ensure your readers find your fiction novel #Unputdownable.

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  • A Fresh Perspective From a Young Author

    Lana McAra shares about the time she discovered a new author by accident when she bought a fiction novel that turned out to be #unputdownable.

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  • Endings and Beginnings

    Lana McAra reveals a little-discussed aspect of fiction writing that creates a storyline that makes your fiction novel #Unputdownable.

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  • He Said/She Said: Creating Dialogue That Works

    Lana McAra shows you how to weave your storyline and dialogue together in a tapestry that makes your fiction novel #Unputdownable.

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  • Electrical Substations: Great Information For a Story

    Lana McAra shows you how incorporating something as seemingly mundane as electical substations can make your fiction novel @Unputdownable.

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  • A Different Perspective on Point of View

    Lana McAra shows you how to enter the story through your character and see the world through their eyes, making your fiction novel #Unputdownable.

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  • The Advantages of Delayed Publication

    Lana McAra explains how the benefits of delayed publication make your fiction novel something future generations will find #Unputdownable.

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  • Why Complete Failure is Essential for Success

    Lana McAra shows you how to develop and frame your character's failure to make your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Journaling: The Writer’s Life Blood

    Lana McAra reveals how to incorporate journaling into your everyday life so you capture every possible idea to make your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • The Difference Between Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, and Hybrid Publishing

    Lana McAra shows you how to choose the publishing method that gets you paid and preserves your control to create fiction writing that is #Unputdownable.

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  • Home is Where Your Identity Is

    Lana McAra shows you how the place your character lives defines them and makes the framework and storyline of your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Book Review: The Elements of Style by Strunk & White

    Lana McAra reviews a classic and timeless resource for novelists that helps you make your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Three Emotions that Happen in Conflict

    Lana McAra shows you how to harness and channel three emotions that create and drive conflict that makes your fiction writing #Unputdownable.

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  • Before and After Moments That Make Your Novel Come Alive

    Lana McAra shares how you can use these moments to seed ideas for your fiction writing that make your storyline #Unputdownable.

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Tune in with Writing Coach Lana McAra, who has over 40 published titles of her own, and you’ll find new energy, new perspectives, new resources, and new ideas that will spark your creativity into a blaze of brilliance!

Become #UnPutDownable

You’ve accomplished a lot in other areas of your life, but your ultimate dream of writing a story still lives only in your mind.

When do you get your turn to do what matters to you?

Meanwhile, you stare at a blank screen asking yourself: How do I make the story compelling?

How can I create scenes and characters that compel my reader to turn page after page, on the edge of their seat?

Are you ready, like them, to find out what happens next?

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  • Lana McAra: Award-Winning, Best-Selling Author Ghostwriter, Editor, Book Coach
  • Novel Writing Course: How to Write a Novel That Sells

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