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Distractions

My reader, myself

Claiming my voice

The ghosts of past critics

The inferiority complex

Working in software, not hardware

Pacing if

Just add mess

The power of bum glue

Keeping up the suspense

You gotta have friction

Giving your story its voice

The story of the setting

Designing characters

Person, place, object

Meshing

Story ripening

A dual strategy

The end - take five

Degrees of conflict

The character grid

The big idea

Start in the middle

The courage to be me

Time out

Listing our lives

If only...

The editor's mind

Claiming our profession

Reinforcements - the brave army of writers

Alternate realities