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One of the long awaited behind the scenes video about novel writing, starting off with talking about how I motivated myself and what has kept me going, despite deep —deep—insecurity. 

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Melina On Writing Remix. Part Un: Motivation

As promised.

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Niquol

This video was great! Thank you so much for explaining your mindset as well as your hopes for your work. As a fellow, non-working, writer I really appreciate hearing another black woman’s thoughts on this and I will definitely buy your book when it gets published. Topic Suggestions 1. Publishing Company vs Self-Publishing: Pros and Cons 2. The process of getting a Literary Agent and the benefits 3. Dealing with Writer’s Block 4. How to, what my Playwriting Professor calls, “killing your (literary) darlings.” 5. Writing a story on a computer vs writing a story on a piece of paper 6. How to write a proper summary or review for books, tv shows, films, plays, etc.. 7. Advise on how to get paid to write 8. Pros and Cons of Writing Exercises

Alice Emmons

Hmm... I think out of what you mentioned, plotting would definitely be a big help. I have the same problem where I have a bunch of great scenes but don’t really know how to get from Point A to Point B