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Margery Bayne

she/her

Featured Book

Object Impermanence: Weird and Fantastic Stories

Object Impermanence: Weird and Fantastic Stories

How do you know the world still exists when you’re not looking? A collection of the weird and wacky, mythic and mystical, fearsome and fantastic.

2022

Stories

Pinned

Margery Bayne
in
Fascinate Me Fiction

Boldly

A sapphic short story

6d ago

Boldly

6d ago

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

Dealing With Writer Burnout

How to reevaluate and refocus — realistically — on what’s important

Jul 18

Dealing With Writer Burnout

Jul 18

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

Themes Are the Glue of Stories

What I learned about the narrative power of theme in Gilmore Girls and the MCU

Jul 4

Themes Are the Glue of Stories

Jul 4

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

Are Tropes Good or Bad for Authors?

An opinion piece

Jun 13

Are Tropes Good or Bad for Authors?

Jun 13

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

Why You Should Ditch Character Profiles

How to write organic characters in fiction instead

May 30

Why You Should Ditch Character Profiles

May 30

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

The Real Problem With Prequels

Spoiler: It’s not knowing the ending

May 16

The Real Problem With Prequels

May 16

Margery Bayne

Behind the Story: A Witch By Any Other Name

The journey through writing and publishing a short story

May 5

Behind the Story: A Witch By Any Other Name

May 5

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

The Big Difference Between Original Fiction and Fanfiction

Creating character investment for original fiction

May 2

The Big Difference Between Original Fiction and Fanfiction

May 2

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

What Plotters Can Learn From Pantsers

Organic writing practices for the planners out there

Apr 11

What Plotters Can Learn From Pantsers

Apr 11

Margery Bayne
in
The Writing Cooperative

What Pantsers Can Learn From Plotters

Plotter tools I use to write better from the seat of my pants

Mar 21

What Pantsers Can Learn From Plotters

Mar 21

Margery Bayne

Margery Bayne

she/her

Book Author

Margery Bayne (she/her) is a librarian by day and a writer by night. Find more at www.margerybayne.com.

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