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Write Now, As Is
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The Why of Writing
Let the reason you write—your why—become your motivation. Your why is the best boss you could ever ask for. It has only one requirement: You must show up, even if you don’t feel qualified yet. ~ Jerry Jenkins
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Don’t Spoon-Feed Your Readers
Trigger the theater of your readers’ minds, and each can vividly imagine the story in their own unique way. Evoke, don’t spoon-feed. Get out of the way of your reader’s imagination. ~ Jerry Jenkins
3 Fiction Writing Terms: Data Dump, Filter Word, Head Hopping
I wince at the memory of using each of these writing “no-no’s” in my early fiction (and critique partners still catch me in the act at times). Data dumping is fun for writers bursting to share their research or hard-wrought…
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Posted in Fiction Writing Terms
K.M. Weiland’s Writing Manifesto
While I’m working to complete a writing project this week and enjoying the last of a string of family visits, I wanted to share K.M. Weiland’s Writing Manifesto. One of these days I’ll create my own and follow her advice:…
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The Only Writing Advice That Matters
The only piece of writing advice that really matters is to keep going. Getting caught up in the idea that every book you write has to be published is the surest way to make sure you don’t keep going. ~…
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3 Fiction Writing Terms: Clichés, Point of View, Suspension of Disbelief
I start every post in this series by pointing out my early lack of knowledge of creative writing terms. As a wise writing sage once said, “Knowing is one thing, doing is another.” Or maybe that was Yoda… Study and…
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Posted in Fiction Writing Terms
Learn to Write One Brick at a Time
Most writing is not a special gift or talent. Writing is a skill that can be taught. It can be likened to bricklaying; you learn it one brick at a time, and you get better the more bricks you lay.…
Timeless Characters, Timeless Advice
In any kind of writing, knowing what to omit is as important as knowing what to include.
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