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Naming Fictional Characters

Posted on February 22, 2017January 28, 2023 by Richard

I’ve named my way into a dilemma. Leonard Legasse has been the main character in the four novels I’ve written. In three of them, it is the same character.

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5 Tips To Writing The Story Of Your Own Life

Posted on February 16, 2017January 28, 2023 by Richard

It seems incredibly easy to write about yourself. You know exactly what has happened and many events are very important to you. But if a good memoir could result from simple

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What You Never Knew About The Inner World of a Successful Writer

Posted on February 15, 2017February 3, 2023 by Richard

When you think about Stephen King, you are probably wondering how exactly he creates his worlds. This is a perfect example as Stephen King is known as one of the most productive writers who produces high-quality novels every time

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How to Find an Online Writing Course

Posted on February 11, 2017May 9, 2019 by Richard

If you are still deciding about taking an online or university writing course take a look at this article and weight out the positive and negatives. What do you want from a course? Here is our best advice on how to find an Online Writing Course.

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Join Our New Community

Posted on February 11, 2017May 20, 2019 by Richard

Well, it’s time for us to get to know each other. I know many of you are friends with me, Every Writer on facebook or twitter or other sites, but I was thinking we could build a little community of writers here.

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1000 Greatest Writer’s Quotes of All Time

Posted on February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 by Richard

So we thought we would put together the 1000 Greatest Writer’s Quotes of all time. Then I got lazy. It’s harder than it looks gathering up all these quotes. Finding the ones that are “best.” Finding the ones that are most telling about writing and writers. Anyway, I thought I would just ask you guys…

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Exquisite Corpse Poem 20 of Us Wrote Together

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Richard

Here is the result of our first Exquisite Corpse. Over 20 writers worked together to create it.

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How to Remain Competitive as a Freelance Writer

Posted on January 18, 2017May 8, 2019 by Richard

For many people, freelance writing is a dream career. The operative phrase in that sentence is “many people.” With so many people making the switch to freelance work, you need to be able to distinguish yourself in such a competitive market. Freelancing is much different than a career that exists within a corporate ladder. You’ll…

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New Literary Awards From EWR

Posted on January 5, 2017May 8, 2019 by Richard

We have finally decided to formalize our short and minute fiction awards. Here is a new schedule of these awards. If you want to enter our contests, it’s free.

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Christmas Poem Contest

Posted on December 24, 2016January 30, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our Christmas Poem Haiku contest. We are looking for the best Haiku about Christmas. It can snowmen in it too, but it must be Christmasy. So you know the Haiku form. 5, 7, 5 is what we are looking for, it doesn’t have to get anymore completed than than. Winner of this contest…

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Poetry Discussion: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Posted on December 13, 2016January 30, 2023 by Richard

Ok, I really enjoyed discussion on poetry here at EWR. I’m always looking to talk about poetry anyway. You probably know, if you talk about poems at all, not a lot of people are crazy about having this discussion.

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We will build you a website!

Posted on December 7, 2016May 8, 2019 by Richard

We Will Build your author platform A author’s platform on the web is simply a base of electronic operations for an author where they can build an audience and a following even before their book goes on sale. I have seen a ton of sites out there telling you how to build an author platform….

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The 50 Word O’Henry Contest

Posted on December 4, 2016January 30, 2023 by Richard

Announcing James Dillingham Young Award: We love the 50 Word Horror Contest because the stories always turn out so wonderful. They have great plots, creepy character, monsters, things that make you want to read them.

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Interview with Kris Kringle

Posted on December 3, 2016January 30, 2023 by Richard

Last week, a few days before Thanksgiving, I was able to sit down in a clean well lighted cafe with Mr. Kris Kringle. We met in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Kringle was kind enough to take time away from his busy schedule

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Simple New Ways for Writers to Make Money!

Posted on November 26, 2016February 3, 2023 by Richard

So I’ve been having conversations with writers in the real world and on twitter about the difficulties of making money from literary writing.

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A Note from Richard

After navigating some family health challenges over the past few months, I’m back to publishing regularly. I hope to return to a full schedule soon, but I appreciate your patience as I rebuild momentum. Thank you for sticking with Every Writer – your support means everything.

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