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Friday Fuel With Wendi Fournier is a bi-weekly blog geared to get you revved up! From cool writing prompts to top publishing trends and anything else I can slide in, Friday Fuel will give you the charge needed to blaze the publishing trail.
Dream BIG. Be inspired. And above all else, #CREATEYOUREPIC!
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5 Tips for Writing Powerful YA Fiction
From The Hunger Games to The Fault in Our Stars to Anne of Green Gables and every great YA novel in between, there’s no denying powerful...
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How to Determine Your Book’s Genre
So, you’ve finished writing your beloved manuscript. Hooray to you! High-five! Woo-hoo! Wave that checkered flag high above your head and...
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How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever felt like you’re just not good enough? Or that everyone else has it all figured out and you’re only pretending to have a...
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The Art of Self-Love
Love one, love all. At some point, we’ve all, hopefully, heard this saying before and consciously practice it in our daily lives. But...
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How to Achieve Your Writing Goals One Step at a Time
Whether you’re trying to nail down your story idea or polishing that final draft, learning how to achieve your writing goals is crucial...
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Surviving 2020: Looking Back, Moving Forward
We may not agree on every point in life, but we most certainly can agree 2020 has been a year like no other for the world. Thrust into...
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How to Beat the Writer's Blues
Writer’s block. Without a doubt, the two worst words for every writer. Like many fellow writers out there, I get bumped with a good dose...
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No Copy Cats Allowed: Create Your Own Writing Style
Writers love fellow writers, and anybody in the writing community knows how tightly knit our circle can be. We cheer on each other. Buy...
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How to Avoid Over-Powering First-Person Narrative
A short time ago, stories told by first-person narrative were few and far between. Visit a local bookstore and browse the young adult...
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5 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write
Even the most motivated of humans—you, me, Richard Simmons—can find it hard to ditch the yoga pants and fuzzy slippers to seize the day...
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Full Throttle: Use Dialogue Tags Like A Pro
Dialogue tags are like the wingbeats of a hummingbird. Even though you can't see them, you know they are there. Dialogue tags work in the...
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Dirty Thirty: 30 Filter Words to Delete From Your Writing
Filter words, or what I like to call dirty words, are those pesky words that slip into your writing and turn a clean script to murky. As...
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Facing Writing Fears Head-On
Let me start by stating that fear is nothing to be ashamed of. Say it out loud with me: Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. Every writer...
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Let's Talk Author Bios
Love it or hate it, writing a picture-perfect author bio is every bit as important as the writing pieces you produce.
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