Tagged: Blue Ridge Conference

  • Happy 4th of July — Writing Prompt

    All of us at BRMCWC hope you have a great holiday today...   For some extra fun... If you could interview someone from 1776 who would it be and what would you ask them?   [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="#Writing #Writinglife @BRMCWC #BRMCWC"]Happy 4th of July -- Writing Prompt[/tweet_box]

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  • A Writer Turned Speaker

    By Dr. Chrissy Whiting-Madison @joyfulgurly Have you ever sent a text to someone who totally misunderstood what you were trying to say?  Perhaps you were being sarcastic, and the recipient read it as rude. Maybe you were being sincere, and the recipient read it as mocking. We have all been…

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  • When Words Changed A Kingdom

    By Maureen Miller “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14—NIV, 1988…

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  • Why Do We Write?

    by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon That’s a question all authors must answer at some point in their careers. There are many different reasons—some toll away for days on end hoping for big payoffs, while others want the fame and fortune of bestsellers like Nicolas Sparks or James Patterson. Not all writers…

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  • The Habit of Writing

    By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky I don’t watch a lot of television, but one show I enjoyed was Monk. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it was an old detective show based around an OCD ex-cop with an incredible power of perception. A dead body would show up, the San Francisco police…

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  • What’s In A Good Writing Hook?

    By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner A perfect bait increases a fisherman chances of catching a fish. They take their time and ease that wiggly worm onto the hook before lowering their line into the water. It’s just as important for a writer to do the same with a novel. Forget the…

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