Writing
Tension and Growth
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October 31, 2019
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October 31, 2019
Somebody, somewhere must’ve said, “Life is Growth.”
While we’re alive, we experience change and we learn from it.
Fifth Estate User’s Manual
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October 22, 2019
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October 22, 2019
The Fifth Estate includes social media, blogs, the internet in general, and all of us.
Central Phoenix Writers Workshop
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April 7, 2019
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April 7, 2019
Several times a week, the Central Phoenix Writers Workshop meets to critique and commiserate.
Rules o’ Ritin’
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January 28, 2019
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January 28, 2019
There’s lots of them, of course: punctuation, word choice, active versus passive voice…
NaNoWriMo Approacheth
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October 12, 2017
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October 12, 2017
Since 1999, this annual event has helped motivate authors, including lots of wannabes like myself, complete book-length 50,000 word pieces in the month of November.
Adverb’s Disease
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September 22, 2016
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September 22, 2016
My writing is afflicted with a horrible disease.
Adverb’s Disease shows as weak little words attached to verbs.
The A, B, C, D and F of Editing Fiction
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August 15, 2016
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August 15, 2016
Here’s the process I’ll be trying out as I edit the nearly 500 pages of double-spaced text in my first draft.
Whose Head Is It Anyway?
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January 16, 2016
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January 16, 2016
Third Person Point-of-View A lot of books are told by a narrator.