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The Hero’s Journey
A Jedi and a Little Girl
Jul 22
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Anthony Trendl
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Stop! In the Name of Books!
How to turn passive consumption into active writing.
Jul 15
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Anthony Trendl
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“Right said,” Fred said.
Dialogue tags and bloated verbing
Jul 8
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Anthony Trendl
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Imagining Microcosms
Think Small and Make Your Story Bigger
Jul 1
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Anthony Trendl
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June 2026
Out of Space and Time (Tom Joad at Walmart?)
How deconstructing classic literature allows us to rebuild timeless human drama in any era.
Jun 25
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Anthony Trendl
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Character Development
Boring characters make boring stories
Jun 18
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Anthony Trendl
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Duck! Getting Organized to Be Amazing
Stop wandering around and getting nothing done. Here's how.
Jun 11
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Anthony Trendl
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The Three Little Pigs & Plot Points
Oink. Let the pigs teach you how to develop your story.
Jun 3
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Anthony Trendl
May 2026
Joro Spiders & Writers
Be Like the Joro Spider and Get Your Book Done
May 28
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Anthony Trendl
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Mark Twain & the Ultimate Writer's Diss
Twain's scathing analysis teaches us clean writing
May 20
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Anthony Trendl
Kurt Vonnegut's Creative Writing 101
Eight Rules & Examples of Those Rules in Literature
May 13
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Anthony Trendl
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Metaphor in an Age of Literalism
Using Metaphor in Dialogue
May 6
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Anthony Trendl
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