{"id":3167,"date":"2025-07-01T01:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2025-07-01T01:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:09:57","slug":"step-1-formulating-the-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2025\/07\/01\/step-1-formulating-the-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 1: Formulating The Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing from pages 14, 18 and 19 of the PATRON SAINTS exclusive newsletter, this is the first step of my 10 STEPS TO A FINISHED PAGE guide. I have made it publicly viewable to introduce newcomers to the series, and to make it shareable. This exclusive guide is released step by step to patrons first, and details everything you need to turn your idea into a finished page. Remember, if you can manage a page a week, in a year you&#8217;ll have a 52-page book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next Step: <u>WRITE THE DIALOGUE!<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing from pages 14, 18 and 19 of the PATRON SAINTS exclusive newsletter, this is the first step of my 10 STEPS TO A FINISHED PAGE guide. I have made it publicly viewable to introduce newcomers to the series, and to make it shareable. This exclusive guide is released step by step to patrons first, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2025\/07\/01\/step-1-formulating-the-idea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Step 1: Formulating The Idea&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Bl7P-P5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3247,"url":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2025\/07\/01\/preview-and-plea\/","url_meta":{"origin":3167,"position":0},"title":"Preview and Plea","author":"Matty Boy","date":"July 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the hard copy of an \"action figure\" I'll be offering to patrons and investors in the future. 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