Many new writers, when they get their first book out, hope to go to writing conventions and be treated like…
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Many new writers, when they get their first book out, hope to go to writing conventions and be treated like…
Continue reading →Today a young writer asked what the advantages are of studying writing at a university versus at workshops. Now, I’ve…
Continue reading →In brainstorming a work, you will often find that you want your characters to behave in certain ways. And as…
Continue reading →There is an old saying among people who produce goods: consumers want things done cheap, done now, and done well—but…
Continue reading →Analyze Your Audience! – Part 2 I took a lot of writing classes in college, and I think that in…
Continue reading →Recently I finished editing L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future, Volume 35, and in another week I’ll begin…
Continue reading →When you’re brainstorming a new story, how do you know that it will be good? A young writer once presented…
Continue reading →Humans are creatures of habit. We learn how to do a thing—such as drive a car—and then put ourselves on…
Continue reading →I’ve said before that every story should have an emotional payoff. Yet far too often, I read stories where the…
Continue reading →I was working on a scene yesterday that somehow felt flabby. The prose itself was fine, but I realized that…
Continue reading →Dear folks, Just wanted to post a little note to say that Amazon has this year’s Writers of the Future…
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