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So I Had This Idea 2019 – From Idea to Published Work

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very writer I know has doubts – they come with the job. On top of that, once the Googlerithmz realize we’re writers, every third online ad has a new way, a rediscovered old way, a better way, the best way, the only way to be a writer.

Know what I say to that? Hooey. (It’s a technical term.) The only wrong way to write is not to write. After that, whatever works is what works.

There are many right ways to finish a novel. Over the years I’ve seen over and over that there’s only one wrong way: not to finish.

Lucky me, every year I’ve been honored to moderate a panel of authors who tell us how they personally got it done. The light bulb went off and they took that idea and transformed it into a finished story. The “So I Had This Idea” Panel is one of my favorite parts of