Tag: writing tips
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November 08, 2008 09:56 AM EST --
Here are articles that writers will find useful:
How to Start a Web-Based Freelance Writing Business
How to Make Money From Writing Online
How to Write Natural Dialogue in Fiction . . .
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November 07, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
Clichés are no fun and if you use them it should burn when you urinate. Unfortunately, it doesn’t, and if it does, your probably dealing with something more serious than clichés. However, . . .
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July 03, 2006 04:14 AM EDT --
I was a newbie writer, despite the fact that it took me eight long years to finish my first manuscript. One I thought would never be finished. You know the one. The book you have tucked . . .
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June 11, 2006 03:02 PM EDT --
Pronoun - A word used as a substitute for a noun
Your – of or relating to you or yourself.
Is that your car?
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December 07, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
I was looking through my articles trying to find a blog I could recycle for a guest appearance I'm doing next week at Killer Fiction (shameless, I know...haha) And I came across this . . .
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July 18, 2006 05:42 PM EDT --
I've run across a great new book that belongs on every writer's desk--Artful Sentences, by Virginia Tufte. Using examples from the classics as well as from writers at work today, the . . .
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May 03, 2007 01:06 PM EDT --
Your title is your first impression and your hook. It also determines how your article will appear on search lists. Make sure it represents you and your work well.
A title should clearly reflect . . .
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May 28, 2007 08:03 AM EDT --
A great blurb can make the difference between a customer taking out his/her wallet to buy your book or putting the book back on the shelf. Great blurbs sell books.
But what is a blurb, exactly? A . . .
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January 07, 2008 01:53 PM EST --
This article is my word of caution: take any writing advice, including mine, with a grain of salt. There are no rules; there are only actions and consequences. Educate yourself on the consequences so . . .
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June 10, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
I've been writing for a while now and I thought that maybe it's almost time to get my stuff out there. I'm not talking about book publishing (not only have I not finished a manuscript yet, . . .
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August 10, 2006 02:53 PM EDT --
By request, the Writing Tips Group will now offer weekly writing exercises. Similar to The Two Word Challenge , each week someone will present a writing prompt and challenge the group to publish . . .
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August 08, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
I covered the 1998 Writers Guild awards for the Guild--and hobnobbed with the celbrated and talented.
Quotes from WGA Awards Party and Dinner
On Saturday, February 21, 1998, showbiz luminaries from . . .
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November 17, 2008 03:00 PM EST --
In creating novels and short stories, it can sometimes be difficult to create natural and realistic dialogue. In this article, I'll show you ways you can solve this problem.
1) The first . . .
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August 13, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
I froze, still as the muggy air that had driven me to the floor in hope of catching a breeze through the screen door. Sputtering snow . . .
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October 19, 2006 11:33 PM EDT --
Perseverance:
By definition perseverance is:
Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose: steadfastness
No matter how good a relationship you may think you have with . . .
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March 13, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
In The Art of Subtext , Minneapolis novelist Charles Baxter has gone well beyond other books on the writing of prose fiction. Baxter believes that fictional techniques work when they are rooted in basic . . .
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May 09, 2006 06:07 PM EDT --
For Fiction Writers - Engaging Readers
Exercises in Showing vs Telling and Writing in Passive Voice
Two sure ways a . . .
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May 13, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
WHY I LOVE MY FAVORITE SCREENPLAY(S)
Voices of the 2002 WGA Awards
Attendees Interviewed by Alan Waldman
Originally published in 2002 at www.wga.org
Each year, at the Writers Guild Awards, the WGA . . .
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January 25, 2007 03:44 PM EST --
If your articles seem dull, try these tips for making them spicy and exciting as well as informative. You can capture your readers' attention and make them anxious to read more.
Examine the Angle . . .
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May 19, 2007 11:41 AM EDT --
Elementary Dialogue Punctuation
Recently, I have seen several authors with problems in their dialogue punctuation. I have even been asked if my punctuation was correct. I assure you . . .
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