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Kurt Vonnegut’s Eighth (and Final) Rule for Writing Fiction
@ADGansky Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. –Kurt Vonnegut Aside from keeping…
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Characterization – The Key to Great Novel Writing
by DiAnn Mills @diannmills Today launches the Blue Ridge Writer Connections’ second Teachable Video Course: Characterization - The Key to Great Novel Writing. This is part of the BRMCWC leadership team’s commitment to enhance writer skills throughout the year. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@BRMCWC @DiAnnMills #writerstip #writing"]Characterization - The Key to…
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Don’t Wait for the Mood to Strike to Write!
by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I began writing like most of you did—as a creative outlet—a way to process the world around me. I kept diaries, started stories and books, played around with articles. But all of these efforts had one thing in common. They were written out of my own…
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Pre-Networking for the Blue Ridge Conference
By DiAnnMills @DiAnnMills Are you wanting to make vital connections with conferees attending the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference? This post will help you pre-network now so that you are prepared on Sunday afternoon, May 20th with established relationship. [tweet_box design="default" float="none" inject="@DiAnnMills @BRMCWC #writingtip #BRMCWC"]Pre-Networking for the Blue…
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Use These Tips to Move Past Writing Rejection
by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Rejection is not fun. I can't think of a soul who lives for the next rejection, whether it be in our families, our jobs, or our writing career. These days when a child is told no, the next thing to expect is wailing . . . maybe a…
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Article Ideas: Get More Mileage Out of Your Writing Research
by Linda Gilden @LindaGilden Has it ever occurred to you to use your article research to write different types of articles once your original article is published? For most researched articles, there is always a file of information you have to cut in order to stay within your word count.…
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