No Golden Words or Sacred Cows
Earlier this week I was thumbing through Writer’s Digest’s Handbook of Novel Writing and reread the chapter by Dorothy Bryant on rewriting. She made several good points, but what struck me (probably...
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When the Emperor is Naked, Tell Him
We all know the tale of the emperor’s new clothes, how unscrupulous con men defraud the emperor and his subjects by pretending to be weavers who know how to weave cloth that’s not only beautiful but...
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Entertain the Reader
I spent an hour or so earlier today working on an article about the purposes of fiction, and while I might get around to posting that at a later time, what I really want to focus on is just one of the...
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Welcome Students and Educators
The beginning of a new school year always brings new students, teachers, and other education professionals to the Editor’s Blog. You are welcome here. I hope you find what you need to complete your...
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Please Learn the Rules
I debated over this article for the last couple of weeks. I really didn’t want to play the curmudgeon, coming across as more worried about grammar and punctuation rules than good story, but sometimes...
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Your Own Something Special
Do you have favorite authors? I do. When I find writers I like, I read all their books as soon as I can get them. If you have favorite authors, what is it about them that you like? Are they so much...
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Be Bold and Assertive
To create strong stories, fiction writers need to be bold and assertive. Are you normally a quiet or maybe a retiring person, one who doesn’t often boldly declare your feelings and views? Do you...
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Practice Leads to Strong Performance
Almost every time I head to the gym, I end up above the basketball courts, looking down on those gathered below me. And almost every time I’m there, players have a pickup game going on in one end of...
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Hold Off on Polishing
The next article I had lined up focused on a grammar issue, but I was reading a thread in a Facebook writing group and wanted to weigh in on the subject. Contributors to the discussion were debating...
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Get Skilled
You’ll find a lot of articles at this blog that encourage the new writer. Writers come to writing for many reasons, and not all will have a background in writing, fiction, or literature. And while I...
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