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New Year’s Revolutions for Writers: When Life Stops
@RamonaRichards No, that’s not a typo. Let’s talk revolutions, instead, the kind that turn our world upside down. As you’re preparing for this coming conference season, it’s easy to let life events discourage or derail you from your goals. This is one reason I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Haven’t for…
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The Value of a Contest – Part of Being a Writer is Submitting Your Work
@EvaMarieEverson It’s that time again! Time to start talking about the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference contests. If you have been to BRMCWC before, you know that the awards night is one of the highlights of the conference. We dress up. We take pictures. And we hear phrases like,…
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Attitude, Kindness, and Love in Writing
@CindyDevoted Writing advice is a dime a dozen. A writer sits through conferences, noting the gems they’ll glean and take home. Sometimes we’ve heard the same words over and over. Many times, we hear the debates, like write what you know…no, learn to write what you don’t know. When the…
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Why Do You Write?
@JennyLCote And why are you reading this post? Allow me to use my Super Scribe Powers to answer this one. You’re a writer. Or you want to be a writer. Okay, so . . . why do you write? Alas, I can’t answer this one for you. Only you can. [tweet_box…
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Are You a Storyteller Like Jesus?
@LucindaSMcDowel All Jesus did that day was tell stories—a long storytelling afternoon. His storytelling fulfilled the prophecy: I will open my mouth and tell stories; I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world’s first day. Matthew 13.34-35 MSG “Daddy, please tell us a story!” we begged. We…
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The “Root” of Fiction
@ADGansky Last month, I began looking at Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 rules for writing fiction. I’ll continue my dissection of his rules this month and look at the second rule. This one’s pretty juicy, guys. You ready? Here it is: Give the reader at least one character he or she can…
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