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When I started writing fiction, I bought Sarah Domet’s book, 90 days to your novel. I tried to follow her prescriptive advice but...

If you enter your short story into a competition, you have a chance of winning, right? And if you don’t enter, you've got no chance....

Do you ever schedule a few precious hours for writing and then end up stuck? Here are some tips so you don't make the same mistakes I did.