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How to: Writing Dark Fiction When Reality Feels Dystopian

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How to write dark dystopian fiction when reality feels like a dystopia. Including examples from writing the final book in The Fellowship Dystopia series.

Published September 15, 2025
Categorized as About Me, About My Books, And When I Wake, How To's, My Writing Journey, The Fellowship Dystopia Trilogy, Writing Tagged Lynette M. Burrows

Writing How-to: Create Characters Your Readers Love and Hate

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Want to know why readers put down your books? Lynette M. Burrows discusses six common character problems that make readers put books down and how to fix them.

Published August 25, 2025
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged how to create characters, how to write, Lynette M. Burrows, unputdownable fiction, writing fiction

Create Compelling Scenes with the MRU

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Learn about the motivation-reaction unit, (MRU), a tool from Dwight V. Swain’s Techniques of a Selling Writer, that can make your characters more realistic.

Published July 28, 2025
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged Dwight V. Swain, Lynette M. Burrows, Motivation-Reaction Unit, MRU, Story Sentence

13 Tips to Create Irresistible Stories with Powerful Pacing

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Varying the intensity and speed of your storytelling is a delicate balance between too fast and too slow. Learn how you can control the pacing of your story.

Published June 23, 2025
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, pacing in fiction, writing craft, writing fiction

How To Build a Reading Toolkit for Your Writing Toolbox

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Lynette M. Burrows shows how to turn your reading time into a way to improve your writing. Read more to learn why and how to build your reader’s toolbox.

Published March 24, 2025
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged Lynette M. Burrows, quotes, reading, reading toolbox, writer's toolbox

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