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Kyle Willey

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The Fine Art of Revision Preparation

Writing is a multi-step process. A first draft is rarely of sufficient quality to publish, but the art of getting…
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Posted on: December 16, 2020 Last updated on: December 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Becoming A Content Creation Machine

Content creation is the output of any creative endeavor. Today, I’m going to discuss how to maximize your abilities as…
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Posted on: December 14, 2020 Last updated on: December 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Babylon’s Echo, Part 1

“Got a job for you, Smith. Three wire-heads stole some prototypes out in the deadzone, didn’t have enough sense not…
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Posted on: December 11, 2020 Last updated on: March 22, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Should You Use Writing Software to Edit?

In some of my MFA courses, I’ve brought up the fact that I use software to edit and gotten a…
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Posted on: December 9, 2020 Last updated on: December 9, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Serum, Part 10

Gray woke before I did. Maybe she didn’t even sleep; the dark rings around her eyes still haunt me. She…
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Posted on: December 8, 2020 Last updated on: December 8, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Writing the Very Failed Story

I didn’t post anything on Friday, despite that being my usual weekly fiction post. Last week would have seen the…
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Posted on: December 7, 2020 Last updated on: December 7, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

NaNoWriMo 2020 Postmortem: What Did I Learn?

I successfully completed NaNoWriMo. Though the novel I was working on for it has two connecting bits left to write,…
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Posted on: December 2, 2020 Last updated on: December 2, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

How to Write a Compelling Antagonist

A compelling antagonist makes a story great. They’re often as memorable as a protagonist is and connect viscerally with audiences.…
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Posted on: December 1, 2020 Last updated on: December 1, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Serum, Part 9

I took a few moments to observe the stranger before I approached her. She had a gun strapped to her…
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Posted on: November 27, 2020 Last updated on: November 27, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

NaNoWriMo Week 4: Planning or Pantsing

I have now written one complete novel and nine-tenths of another. For my first novel, I went through a robust…
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Posted on: November 25, 2020 Last updated on: November 25, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle
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