Episode 117: How I Wrote My NYC Midnight Short Story

This week Nicole discusses her process for writing a short story for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge. 

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Mentioned in this episode:

• NYC Midnight http://www.nycmidnight.com/
• NYC Midnight (genre page) http://www.nycmidnight.com/genres.htm?fb_comment_id=862244960556015_1111441145636394 
• PIXAR Story Structure https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/
• Save the Cat Writes a Novel https://www.jessicabrody.com/save-the-cat-starter-kit/ 
• Test Yourself for Hidden BIas https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/test-yourself-for-hidden-bias 
• Stop Dreaming Alone Clubhouse Club https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/stop-dreaming-alone 
• Sign Up for Kim’s Freebies (Including the Intuition Workbook) https://kelekilove.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=37bec99c15f558056a43d42c6&id=c7395a1c4d 
• Kim A Flodin on IG https://www.instagram.com/kim.a.flodin/
• WimHof FB Page https://www.facebook.com/icemanwimhof 
• HASFIT YouTube (the resistance band people Kim follows on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/user/KozakSportsPerform 
• Buteyko Breathing https://www.buteykobreathing.org/ 
• Stop Writing Alone Episode 107: What is Clubhouse? https://stopwritingalone.com/2021/02/04/107/  
• Introduction to Friday Night Writes with Stop Writing Alone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2syi6s1pDYs&t=1s 
• Join the Stop Writing Alone with Nicole Rivera FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/
• Stop Writing Alone Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/Stopwritingalone 
• NV Rivera YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPlp1EVzQhDFPdGp5w2KoQ?view_as=subscriber 
• Stay connected to learn about all Stop Writing Alone stuff — get on Nicole’s email list: https://mailchi.mp/ff8df93e57dc/penpals 
• Buy Nicole a coffee (AKA support the podcast!) https://ko-fi.com/stopwritingalone

 

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• Stop Writing Alone FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/stopwritingalone/
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When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole’s Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!

• Kim A. Flodin https://www.kelekilove.com/ 
• Lisa Murray https://ihavedreamsdammit.com/
• Claire Oldham West https://slimmingstories.podbean.com/
• Johanna Jaquez-Peralta https://www.instagram.com/latina_livin_keto/
• Emma Isaacs https://www.instagram.com/emmaisaacsdesign/