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How to Publish a Short Story

Posted on January 23, 2023January 25, 2023 by Richard

Knowing how to publish a short story is not difficult. I’m astonished by how many writers are terrified to have others read their work.

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Should I get an MFA in Creative Writing?

Posted on January 14, 2023January 25, 2023 by Richard

If you love writing an MFA might be the way for you to go, but there are many things to consider. In writing, in life, there are no guarantees, but taking the risk might keep you writing. The truth is, you never know. Here are some things to think about before you sign up for your MFA in Creative Writing.

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Top 10 Types of Poems, Forms or Formats

Posted on January 14, 2023December 4, 2023 by Richard

Here is a list of what I feel are the Top 10 Types of Poems, Forms or Formats. I say forms or formats because we cross some lines of distinction here that are not always easy to explain. Basically these are types of poems where people use a certain form to create them, but some are forms in and of themselves. Anyway,  I wanted to come up with a short list of the most popular poetry types. This is a basic guide. If someone throws these at you, at least you will know what they are. I hope you will try each type, and if you do feel free to share them in the comments.

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How to Improve Your Tech Writing Skills

Posted on November 9, 2020January 25, 2023 by Richard

There are two vital skills demanded of technical writers. One is to first be able to comprehend what can often be difficult and specialized language. The second

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A Key to Voice by Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

Posted on September 9, 2020January 25, 2023 by Richard

One concept writing-program instructors love to discuss, in lieu of craft, which might better serve their students, is voice. It seems absurd to do so because voice is the one thing one cannot teach in writing,

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5 Things You can do to Build A Believable Character

Posted on April 29, 2020January 25, 2023 by Dawn Hurley

The main goal of a fiction writer is to create a character that the reader will become invested in, care about, and remember long after the story is finished. Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre,

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Top 5 Simple Daily Habits To Improve Your Writing Skills

Posted on March 15, 2020January 25, 2023 by Richard

Writing books, blog posts, articles, or even good captions for your photos on social media can be a difficult task. You need to get some inspiration, understand exactly what you’re going to write, and be able to wrap your ideas into a proper style. Some people think that writing is all about talent, but the truth is that writing is a skill.

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5 Tips For Choosing An Editor

Posted on December 7, 2019January 25, 2023 by Ian M. Broderick

You’ve committed two drafts to paper, followed every spellcheck suggestion, and triple-checked to make sure your main character’s (or MC’s) eyes don’t alternate color like a kaleidoscope between chapters. You’ve done all you can…

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Writing Horror

Posted on December 1, 2019January 25, 2023 by AMANDA THOMPSON

We all love to be afraid from time to time. That is why we listen to ghost stories with rapt attention from a very young age. It thrills us, makes us look over our shoulders, but we always come
back for more.

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Writing Characters: Know Them Well

Posted on July 24, 2019January 25, 2023 by AMANDA THOMPSON

The characters of your story moves your story forward. In order to create characters that are real, you must first get to know your own characters well. You need to know them so well that you get inside their heads.

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Writer’s Block: Breaking the Chains

Posted on July 14, 2019January 30, 2023 by Dawn Hurley

We’ve all been there. Staring at the blank page wondering what we’re doing, how we got here, and what on earth to do next. For some it may be a few hours, for others it may be years. I was one of the unfortunate ones who let the Block chain me down for four years….

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What Exactly is Creative Nonfiction?

Posted on July 2, 2019January 28, 2023 by Amanda Cartigiano

When I was an undergraduate at UNM (University of New Mexico), I took Intermediate Creative Nonfiction, a class that should have branched out into various forms of nonfiction, but instead stuck solely to memoir and the personal essay. This does not mean I am not in favor of the memoir; it is the genre that holds…

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How to Edit My Work for Submissions

Posted on June 21, 2019January 28, 2023 by Loretta Martin

When I started piano lessons, my teacher insisted I do daily exercises to improve speed, dexterity, and precision. I dreaded tedious repetition of drills designed to fine-tune my playing or, as my teacher put it, “to do your best work.”

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5 Writer’s Blogs You Should Be Reading

Posted on June 14, 2019January 28, 2023 by Richard

I tried to make this easy. I started with 10 blogs, and then I realized that, that’s a lot to follow. Here are the top 5 author sites you should be following. They are fun and entertaining, so this shouldn’t be difficult.

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Help me Name my character

Help Me Name My Character

Posted on June 4, 2019January 28, 2023 by Richard

I see the questions on Twitter about once a week: Can you please help me name my characters? What is a good Swedish name for a character?

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