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    • ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO WRITE MEMORABLE CHARACTERS

      The biggest mistake a writer can make is to think of character only in relation to the story they are telling. They put a character in a box of story, as if they only exist to serve the writer’s plot and this is fatal to character development.

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    • Can you really be creative in quarantine?

      Whether you’ve got kids or your job just got more intense, these tips are meant to be adjusted for your lifestyle in quarantine and take as little as 10 minutes!

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    • CREATIVE LIFESTYLE: THE HARDEST PART IS SHOWING UP

      In recent years, I decided to prioritize my physical (and mental) health. I started eating better and got myself a…

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    • THE BEST PLACES TO WRITE IN BEIRUT

      As a writer – I’ve always had a writing desk in the place I call home, but sometimes, I need…

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    • THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW WHEN WRITING CHARACTERS

      When I am writing, I always lead with intuition, moving my characters through situations and watching what happens. Basically, I’m…

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    • CHARACTER BUILDING PART 2: ARCHETYPES

      Since I have deemed April 2018 the month of character, I have dedicated weekly blog articles to shed light on…

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    • CHARACTER BUILDING FOR NOVEL & FILM: Part 1

      In books, movies and TV shows, we find ourselves connecting to fictional characters in all aspects of our reality. We…

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    • WHY YOUR CREATIVE PROJECTS ARE STALLING

      You have this amazing idea for INSERT CREATIVE WRITING PROJECT HERE. It excites you and you just know it’s going…

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    • 5 WAYS TO PROCRASTINATE WITH PURPOSE

      Everybody procrastinates – it’s natural. And for writers, professional and aspiring, we are experts of procrastinating in every step of…

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    • HOW TO MEET YOUR CREATIVE DEADLINES

      To write your story – or to get anything done, really – you’ll need an idea (creativity), the technique behind…

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    Nadia Tabbara is a writer and weirdo who currently writes and is weird in Beirut, Lebanon. She grew up creating stories and working in the film industry in NYC. A few years ago, she founded FADE IN: and it has since become the writing hub in Beirut with an education department for creative writers, and a content department with professional screenwriters for film & TV . She loves her job so much, she is always available to her students or fellow writers, even when they text her in the middle of the night with a writer’s block crisis!

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