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April Dávila is an award-winning author, speaker, and writing coach. Publishers Weekly called her debut novel, 142 Ostriches, a "vivid, uplifting debut" and the book went on to win the WILLA Award for Women Writing the West. Writer's Digest listed her blog (at aprildavila.com) as one of the Best 101 Websites for Writers and she is the creator of the Sit Write Here writing coaching program, helping writers quiet their inner critics, overcome writer's block, and edit more effectively.

She's a half-hearted gardener, occasional runner, and practicing buddhist living in Los Angeles. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,350 ratings · 349 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	142 Ostriches 3.87 avg rating — 1,307 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sit Write Here: 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less 4.51 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	42 Stories Anthology Presents: Book of 42² by Bertram Allan Mullin, Karen L. Milstein (editor), Terry Groves (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How to Outline Your Novel Without Killing the Joy

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If the idea of outlining your novel makes you want to run screaming into the woods, you are not alone.

Maybe you’ve tried it before. You sat down, you mapped the whole book, and watched the creative energy drain right out of the room. The story started to feel dead before you’d written a word. Every beat predetermined, every surprise gone before you’d had a chance to discover it.

If you’ve ever felt

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce

9 votes, 31.0%

Miracle Creek

by Angie Kim

6 votes, 20.7%

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

5 votes, 17.2%

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz

3 votes, 10.3%

Woman of Light

by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

2 votes, 6.9%

Nightcrawling

by Leila Mottley

2 votes, 6.9%

Swan Light

by Phoebe Rowe

1 vote, 3.4%

Four Treasures of the Sky

by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

1 vote, 3.4%

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer

0 votes, 0.0%

142 Ostriches

by April Davila

0 votes, 0.0%

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