Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents

The innocent always suffer first. #NoKings
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FREE CLASS: Heroine's & Hero's Journey with Julia Gandrud | The Fictionary School for Writers & Editors Does your story feel like it doesn’t fit into the plot structure “everyone” tells you to follow? It could be that you are telling a Heroine’s Journey. Many of us have learned the typical Hero’s Journe...

Free Fictionary class as you gear up to write your novel this November! #amwriting #writersky #booksky #Ficionary
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FREE CLASS: Heroine's & Hero's Journey with Julia Gandrud | The Fictionary School for Writers & Editors Does your story feel like it doesn’t fit into the plot structure “everyone” tells you to follow? It could be that you are telling a Heroine’s Journey. Many of us have learned the typical Hero’s Journe...

Here's the link: fictionary.circle.so/c/events/her...

Join my free class on the Heroine's Journey on Fictionary Monday, October 13th! #Fictionary #amwriting #amediting #heroine #archetypes #NovemberNovelist #Nanowrimo #NovelNovember #OctoberOutliner #plotting

Typed - Writing, Editing, and the Enneagram | Julia Gandrud | Substack I'm an editor, writer, and Enneagram enthusiast. I share my journey of improving my editing and literary analyses here. Click to read Typed - Writing, Editing, and the Enneagram, by Julia Gandrud, a S...

Yay! Another Enneagram Writer! I started reading your posts, and I'm enjoying them. Here's my (free) Substack, if you are interested in how I'm using the Enneagram as a plotting structure:
enneagramwriting.substack.com

I loved Fisk, by comedian Kitty Flanagan, so much that I had to think hard about why it made me laugh... And the Enneagram. Go have a read (free subscription)
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#enneagram #DevelopmentalEdit #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteLife
#WriterLife

November Novelist on Fictionary At the end of Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, my friend Sarah said, “Well. We totally saw that ending coming.” I hadn’t, though. What magic makes her able to see the ending before it comes? T...

I wrote a post about using Fictionary templates to Discovery Write novels. And other topics story-related #RIPNanowrimo #Nanowrimo #Fictionary #November #DiscoveryWriting #Pantser
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Write-Ins | The Fictionary School for Writers & Editors Explore Write-Ins space in The Fictionary School for Writers & Editors

#RIPNanowrimo Luckily, Fictionary is hosting November Novelist writing sessions, and offering structural preparation classes in October #OctoberOutliner #NovemberNovelist #Fictionary
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YouTube video by More Perfect Union I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

This gave me hope:
#NoFascistUSA #Resistance #DividedWeFall

Really great portrayals of Enneagram Eight young women from Irish YA author Adiba Jaigirdar #Enneagram #Type_8 #queersky #booksky
adibajaigirdar.com/rani-choudhu...

a cartoon of winnie the pooh with his eyes closed and a red shirt ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh with his eyes closed and a red shirt

If you're scared that books might change someone's thinking, you're not scared of books, you're scared of thinking. #booksky

Haunted by the Haunting of Hill House Horror and the Enneagram - Two vs. Four

Negative character growth arcs are the skeleton of horror, particularly psychological horror. Read my analysis of the Two vs. Four struggle of The Haunting of Hill House
#Enneagram #7_Point_Plot_Structure #Horror #Character_Development #Enneagram_Four
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9: Power, Focus, Capacity, and Capability Writing the Enneagram Nine Struggle

I think a lot of people get enneagram 9s wrong, but they have such great plot potential
#enneagram #plot #characterdevelopment #plotting #enneagram9
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Sherlock | The Great Game | Season 1 | Episode 3 Sherlock must solve perplexing and dangerous puzzles specifically laid out for him.

Support PBS! You donate $5, then stream shows without interrupting ads. Best option available :)
Seriously, so many versions of Jane Austen movies. Do I need them all? YES!
And all the Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlocks. Too good!
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#streaming #sherlock #pbs #screwbigtech

Referral Program Refer a friend and earn free audiobooks.

Does anyone have a Libro account they want me to cite as I sign up? They give you one free audio book #freeaudiobook #libro
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Amen. Our planet is burning, but they need to know anatomical details that are none of their business? Hatred is the best distraction.

Northanger Abbey and Enneagram Five

A little light Austen is good for the soul: juliaeditingjourney.substack.com/p/northanger...
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey #Enneagram #Plot #characterarc

Also, free shows on PBS - makes me feel smarter :)

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?

It's literally called Library Extension.

@comicsworkshop.bsky.social
*WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshops: Childhood Obsessions with Katharine Woodman-Maynard! @woodmanmaynard

The Enneagram in Austen: Emma, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility Plot dynamics and character studies

Interested in Jane Austen and the Enneagram? I just put up a post exploring each type in relation to her characters:
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Miss Marple. 'The Murder At The Vicarage' Joan Hickson • Cheryl Campbell • Paul Eddington Dailymotion video by Ade Binelli

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For books, I recommend Sherry Thomas' Lady Sherlock Series, Rachel McLean's London cosy tour guide mysteries, Deanna Rayburn's Veronica Speedwell series, Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club, and Sonia Parin's Evie Parker series.

PBS: Public Broadcasting Service Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

Some cozy mysteries are so reliable that I recommend them all around. TV shows: Miss Scarlet and the Duke (free on PBS.org), and Veronica Mars. But the series that reigns supreme over all other cozy mysteries is the 80s version of Miss Marple, played by Joan Hickson. The facial expressions!

"People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned." - Saul Bellow

Thinking about my top ten Clifton Strengths as animals: Intellection toad, squirrel learner, carp input, cat individualization, mongoose strategic, beehive ideation, wombat deliberative, snake adaptability, raccoon connectedness, bovine command, cat self-assurance

Thinking about my top ten Clifton Strengths as animals: Intellection toad, squirrel learner, carp input, cat individualization, mongoose strategic, beehive ideation, wombat deliberative, snake adaptability, raccoon connectedness, bovine command, cat self-assurance