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Category: How To’s

7 Ways You Can Make Magic (Inspiration) Happen

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I’ve learned you don’t have to wait for an inspirational “aha!” moment. In this post, I’m sharing my top 7 ways to actively pursue inspiration.

Published August 10, 2026
Categorized as Creativity, How To's, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged creativity, how-to, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

5 Ways Writers Use All Senses Without Overwhelming Readers

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Don’t make your readers pine for more sensory details or drown in too many. Learn strategic sensory integration and hit the sweet spot in your writing.

Published July 27, 2026
Categorized as Exercises to improve your writing, How To's Tagged how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, reading, sensory details, writing fiction

How to Sharpen Your Writing Skills with These 4 Exercises

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Can you describe a potato so precisely a stranger picks it from a pile? That’s one skill great writers need. Practice these exercises to sharpen your skills.

Published June 22, 2026
Categorized as Exercises to improve your writing, How To's, Writing Tagged goals, learn to write fiction, Lynette M. Burrows, writing fiction

Develop a Page-Turning Plot with Character-First, Part II

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Part two discusses the need for careful consideration of story stakes, overall pacing, and why words matter with examples of how word choices affect pace.

Published March 23, 2026
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged Character-first, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, page-turning pace, writing fiction

You Can Develop a Page-Turning Plot with Character First

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Part one of two, discusses the Russian nesting dolls method of developing a story, including examples of how both pantsers and planners can use this method.

Published February 23, 2026
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged Character first, How to plot, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, writing fiction

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