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Rethinking the Wow Factor

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

What is this wow factor? It’s the big surprise, the twist, the fake out you never saw coming. It’s the billion dollar, explosive finale on a big screen with ultra

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Blog, Discussion, Industry, Storytelling audience, bang, character, character development, optimism, plot, plot development, reader, sparkle, stories, story, storytelling, wow, writing Leave a comment

Editing with Post-Concussion Syndrome

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

I hate to break it to you, but if writing with PCS is difficult for you, editing is probably going to be just as bad or worse. But don’t despair!

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Blog, Revision, Support, Writing brain injury, concussion, draft, drafting, edit, editing, head injury, mtbi, pcs, post-concussion syndrome, revise, revision, tbi Leave a comment

How to Write With Post-Concussion Syndrome

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

Building on last week’s post,Writing with Post-concussion Syndrome, this could be a prequel or a sequel depending how you look at it. But here, I’ll get to the nuts and

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Blog, Support, Writing brain injury, brainstorm, concussion, head injury, ideas, jot notes, mtbi, organization, outline, planning, post-concussion syndrome, tbi, write, writing Leave a comment

Writing with Post-Concussion Syndrome

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

If you have ever had a head injury, you will know what I mean when I say it can be a total game changer. I’d been making leaps of progress

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Realities of Being a Modern-day Horse Owner

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

I find that there are a lot of misconceptions and assumptions about horse owners in this day and age and culture, and, as someone who is pretty hardcore, I feel

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Blog, Horses, World-building animals, equestrian, hobbies, horse, horses, partnership, personal growth, pets, riding Leave a comment

How Writing Shaped My Life

Posted 3 years ago by Sheri Spencer

While it’s nice to think that the end goal will be becoming a best-selling novelist(ha!), and being able to live comfortably and happily off of royalties, watching people cosplay as

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Recent Posts

  • Slaying the Perfectionist MindBeast
  • Active vs Passive Voice – Leverage Your Narrative
  • Wake up the Muse
  • Rethinking the Wow Factor
  • You Can’t Fail NaNoWriMo
  • Pushing Through Writer’s Block
  • Turn Online Articles Into Audio Files
  • NaNoWriMo – The Month to “Just Write”
  • Editing with Post-Concussion Syndrome
  • How to Write With Post-Concussion Syndrome

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