The Chopping Blog

Success Story with Nikki Vogel

May 15, 2023

"Keep writing. Keep writing. Keep writing. It’s the only way to reach that breakthrough moment."

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Success Story with Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt

April 28, 2023

To say I was devastated is a massive understatement. By this time, almost twenty years had passed since I’d written that first essay. So much of myself had gone into this story.

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Success Story with James Maynard

January 15, 2022

Every writer knows the loneliness of writing, but inside that loneliness there is the hope that what you write will be read.

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Success Story with Eric Lard

December 13, 2021

I was so excited to actually finish my manuscript that I totally ignored the next most important thing about writing: getting people to read it.

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Success Story with Samara Parish

May 27, 2021

I didn’t understand structure; I hadn’t even heard of goal, motivation, and conflict.

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Success Story with Stephenia H. McGee

May 11, 2021

For anyone looking to indie publish (as a platform to seek traditional publishing or otherwise), I always give the same advice. Treat indie publishing as both a business and a professional representation of you as an author.

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Success Story with Paula Greenlees

May 04, 2021

Without the support of other like-minded writers I would most certainly have given up.

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Success Story with Louise Fein

April 26, 2021

Don’t be put off by negative statistics, and people saying, you can’t.

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Success Story with R.J. Hoffmann

April 20, 2021

The dream didn’t die. It festered, as dreams will.

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Success Story with Denise Weimer

April 16, 2021

What made the difference the second time around? First, I let go of my dream. I had to be willing to do something else so my identity was not defined by my publishing success.

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Success Story with Michelle Good

September 14, 2020

Regardless of whether your novel is plot based or character based, everything must serve the story.

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Success Story with Cynthia Salaysay

April 22, 2020

One major lesson I learned in writing Private Lessons was that in order to finish it, I had to answer the questions I most avoided. Holes in characters, holes in plot, holes in setting – everything had to be answered.

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