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  1. Story_Marc

    What You Need to Learn about Plot Structure

    This video has created so much additional work, but I'm excited. This whole concept is part of what led to my biggest breakthrough last month. It's what lead me to figure out the path forward, for one of the two things I need to evolve to my next level of being a writer. Anyway, hopefully, this...
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    How to Write Minimalist Prose

    Someone once asked me for tips on how to write concisely. I've known how, but given my sheer depth of knowledge, I haven't known how to tackle it all properly. In fact, I often feel this way. I recently came up with a possible solution, which you can see in the document I created and attached to...
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    How to Edit

    I share another thing I've organized to help those who want to improve as writers. It's a good way to help navigate things.
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    Tips for Writing Tournament Arcs

    I've been in tournament mode recently, so I finally got around to this one. I hope this helps out with people executing their own take on this.
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    Writing Casual Conversations

    This is a little something that I've been obsessing over the past few months, which resulted in this episode. I can add more, some of which I will do in today's daily writing tip entry in a bit. Regardless, I hope this can help those interested in pulling this off.
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    How to Keep Your Stories on Track

    Back from my end of the month break, with a little something I've been working on.
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    Non-Fan Adaptions: Where They Go Wrong and How to Avoid These Issues

    This is something I wanted to get off my chest after thinking about it for some time. Curious what others think about my observations here.
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    Foreshadowing TOO Subtle?

    I thought this would be a fun thing to tackle since it's an angle many wouldn't think about.
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    The Six Ingredients for Successful Plot Twists

    I'm so sleepy right now. I had to go bigger for this one. I typically don't because I consider how much of my knowledge people can actually handle at once, but this one required me to be thorough. Hope it helps.
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    Avoid Act 2 Issues with Conflict Drivers

    Oh right, I forgot to post the second video I did this weekend. Whelp! Here we go... This is one of those I have A LOT to build on. I'm still working on expanding this in private, but this is a good starting point.
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    How to Use Food in Fiction

    My end of the month break is over, so it's time to show the fruit of my labors! Starting with this little discussion on how to use food in fiction. Hope this helps out for those who want to up their craftsmanship!
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    Story Marc's Daily Writing Tips

    I've been posting daily writing tips in my YouTube community tab, which I'll start sharing here, too. If you want to see things fleshed out more in videos, like the YouTube community posts from which these come. I'll start by sharing the first entry in my Story Serialization Spectrum here. I...
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    Enneagram 5 Character Overview

    Newest part in the Enneagram series I've been putting together. ...I so need to go redo the old thumbnails... New video tomorrow with regards to marketing. Oh and, for those who don't know, I've been posting daily writing tips in my community tab every single day. For instance, this one was...
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    How to Spot Bad Criticism

    I wish I had learned this much sooner. I know how easy it is for people to get fooled into thinking all feedback and criticism is good. I also know how easy it is for people to be delusional when faced with criticism. This is a distilled version of what I use and do when faced with it, to weigh...
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    Writing Politics

    Let's start this set of videos with the oh-so-popular topic of politics! And more importantly, what to consider when writing them.
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    Romance Plotlines

    This is a little something I was working on for romance plotlines. Getting organized helped me pinpoint quite a few things and be conscious of my options when writing romance plotlines. Also, it just makes better marketing. Anyway, this video is more of an overview than when I dive into each...
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    Writing Non-Human Characters

    I received a request for this topic a while back, so it's been on my list to get around to. I'm glad to finally complete it, as it took me some time to think this through. I'm releasing another video tomorrow, so look forward to that. I will also release a new project I've wanted to do...
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    How to Avoid Failing Your Audience

    This is a small concept that, while I feel it's fundamental to understand, is constantly overlooked by many. So, here is me spelling this simple thing out.
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    Writing Gods

    This was voted for this week, so this is what I can give. If you want a say in next Sunday's video, vote in community tab.
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