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Writing Advice
Write!
Write!! Write!!! by Leon Fletcher
Reasons
for Rejections by Leslie Blanchard
How Long
Does It Take to Write a Book? by Leon Fletcher
How to Write Effective
Queries by Leon Fletcher
Are Simultaneous
Submissions ok? by Leon
Fletcher
How
To Interview by Leslie
Blanchard
Query
Letters And Manuscript Preparation by Leslie
Blanchard
Lessons from
a Bug by Sable
Jak
Plot by
Damon
Knight
Write
(And Draw) Your Way To The Greeting Card Genre Success! by Shery Ma Belle
Arrieta
Coping With
Critics by Gwyneth
Atlee
Can
Your Critique Group Do More? by Gwyneth
Atlee
The Art
of the Interview by Jackie Cornwell
Poetry
A New Look
at Meter by Al Rocheleau
Alliteration
by Al Rocheleau
Limiting Adjectives,
Adverbs, etc by Al Rocheleau
So You Want To Become
A Rich Poet, Eh? by Scott C.
Holstad
Action
Verbs: Your Poem's Engine by Al
Rocheleau
Controlling
The Flow by Al
Rocheleau
HELP WANTED
- Desperate for a rejection slip by David
Taub
Promoting
Your Poetry and Writing. (Part 8 of 9) by David Taub
Suggestions From Our Readers
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advice can help others evolve in their craft. Tips will be selected randomly
to be featured on this page and in our monthly newsletter.
On Details
| From: Diane Schuller
Record details. I tend to do this constantly. In fact, I
keep a voice-activated recorder in my vehicle and take one with me when I'm
walking the dogs to be certain I don't miss anything. I record everything
from people's gestures, phrases, how the light (and shadows) changes from
season to season, the texture of a person's skin, the sounds in a certain
location at a certain hour, smells, etc; you get the idea. Why do I do this?
These 'scraps' are later selected and patchworked into stories, poems, or
vignettes and provide the texture needed to keep readers (and editors)
reading. |
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On Writer's Block
| From: Joy Hewitt Mann, Canada
I can honestly say that I have never suffered from writers'
block because I am a dishonest robber of other people's work. I guess I had
better explain . Whenever I sit down and find that nothing comes, I
take the book I am currently reading (and writers BETTER have a book they
are currently reading) count in ten pages and then count down ten lines.
I write out this line (I always do my first draft by hand) read it over several
times and -- voila! -- I start writing. Works every time. Poetry can be done
the same way using a book of poetry rather than a novel or short story
collection. |
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On Writing Rituals
| From: Ray Van Horn, Jr.
As a general habit, I tend to heat up some tea and play a
few hands of solitaire on the computer before getting to work. I find this
relaxes my mind, especially after an annoying day at the office, and flexes
it, making it receptive to scenes and words that may have eluded me. For
some reason, trying to figure out a strategy with the cards is almost like
chess, and it forces the brain to calm down and figure a way to win. Even
if I don't win any hands at Solitaire, it's the exercise that is more important.
It makes me feel refreshed and ready to work on my stories. It's kind of
like warm-up isotonics before working out. |
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