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&lt;p&gt;You are now a couple of months into writing your novel and the deadline for your first draft is quickly approaching &amp;ndash; what&amp;rsquo;s your plan to get it done? Do you feel behind and need some advice on how to catch up? Are you struggling with how to end your book or knowing when to end it? Does it feel like something is missing from the plot or does one of your characters feel underdeveloped? Author Jeanne Lyet Gassman will offer tips to overcome these challenges and more so that you can reach &amp;ldquo;The End&amp;rdquo; on time with the first draft of your fiction book!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-70/ALC-Online-Tools-for-Managing-Time-and-Distractions.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../ALC-Online-Tools-for-Managing-Time-and-Distractions.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jeanne Lyet Gassman&amp;#39;s debut novel, Blood of a Stone (Tuscany Press), received a Bronze 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award in the national category of religious fiction. Her short work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. Jeanne&amp;#39;s writing has appeared in The Manifest Station, Queen Mob&amp;#39;s Tea House, Hippocampus Magazine, Literary Mama, Barrelhouse, and Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, among many others. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Book in a Year: Getting to “The End” with Your First Draft (Fiction)</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/ending-a-story/6975/book-in-a-year-getting-to-the-end-with-your-first-draft-fiction/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:04:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:645aad95-d875-4506-b035-1aec3089b921</guid><dc:creator>Jeanne Lyet Gassman</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/ending-a-story/6975/book-in-a-year-getting-to-the-end-with-your-first-draft-fiction#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Ending a Story by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 7/18/2018 8:04:46 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You are now a couple of months into writing your novel and the August 3rd deadline for your first draft is quickly approaching &amp;ndash; what&amp;rsquo;s your plan to get it done? Do you feel behind and need some advice on how to catch up? Are you struggling with how to end your book or knowing when to end it? Does it feel like something is missing from the plot or does one of your characters feel underdeveloped? Author Jeanne Lyet Gassman will offer tips to overcome these challenges and more so that you can reach &amp;ldquo;The End&amp;rdquo; on time with the first draft of your fiction book!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-70/BIYPlaceholder.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../BIYPlaceholder.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jeanne Lyet Gassman&amp;#39;s debut novel, Blood of a Stone (Tuscany Press), received a Bronze 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award in the national category of religious fiction. Her short work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. Jeanne&amp;#39;s writing has appeared in The Manifest Station, Queen Mob&amp;#39;s Tea House, Hippocampus Magazine, Literary Mama, Barrelhouse, and Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal, among many others. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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