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There Is No Wrong Way To Write A Book

Aminah Mae Apr 17 2019
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Beginner Resources, Writers Toolbox, Writing Life

I was lucky enough to sit on a panel this weekend and I’ve been thinking about something that kept coming up— the process. The process is how you write a book. How you get from the start of a book all the way to the end. That secret, sacred, all-magical, all-encompassing trick that a writer has for producing a story. And there I sat, in the middle of a group of panelists, who all had […]

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On Shameless Self-Promotion

Aminah Mae Mar 13 2019
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Industry Life, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Writing Life

I’m lucky enough to live in a city with many other young adult writers. I get to see them on a fairly regular clip and talk shop, as they say. I always feel immensely grateful for this. That I can sit down and make dinner and talk with people who understand what it is to live and work and write not just in the publishing industry, but within our little niche and corner of that […]

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Back to the Basics

Aminah Mae Feb 13 2019
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Inspiration, Writing Life

As some of you might know, I’m into boxing (the kind where you punch things). As some of you might not know, I’ve been coming back from an injury recently. I’ve been doing a lot of physical therapy— lots of stretching, lots of small and methodical movements, lots of careful placement of my body as I do activities that I’ve been training to do for quite a while. I promise this has to do with […]

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Plotters, Pantsers, and Bill Murray

Aminah Mae Jan 16 2019
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Beginner Resources, Writers Toolbox, Writing Life

It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are two types of writers— plotters and pantsers— and all writers love to talk about which ones they are. It’s a writing conversation starter. A softball. Are you plotter or a pantser? Nobody is wholly one or wholly the other, but the lines are drawn somewhere between— do you largely create outlines and stick to them? and do you largely discover the plot as you go along, preferring […]

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Deep Breath— There’s No Such Thing As A Waste

Aminah Mae Dec 14 2018
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Writers Toolbox, Writing Life

It’s that time of the year. We’re taking stock of what we’ve done, of what we’ve accomplished. There are lists and lists of the best books of the year, the best movies, the best of everything and then some. I am, by the way, not against any of this. 2018 has been a wild ride for me— my debut released! I turned in book two! I sold book three! What is air!— but I’d also […]

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