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  1774 readersWhere do you start? Just start writing. First, forget about things like margins, format, spelling, etc. Just start writing. Revisions come later. Second, write about anything. From spring tulips to tractor pulls, just pen your thoughts about any topic you find interesting. Chances are someone else might find it interesting too. Third, edit, review and finalize.

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  Ten Ways to Improve Your Writing

  2026 readersI’d knew I’d be a writer when my eighth-grade English teacher told me to read aloud my essay on her two-page assignment called “If I could go anywhere in the world, where would that be and why?” While everybody else tried to stretch into two pages dreams of DisneyWorld, Six Flags or the beach, I

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  How Not to Write Off Those New Year’s Writing Resolutions

  1639 readersPerhaps you made a few New Year’s resolutions centered on your writing life. In 2010, you want to move forward in some way and grow. Who doesn’t want that? But we all know how notoriously difficult keeping promises are — especially those made to yourself. That pinpoints the reason most resolutions fail. They are just promises to yourself. You

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  Finding the Time to Write

  3266 readersSo how do writers do it? How do we find time to write what we want and still have a normal life? (Whatever that means..) I, for one, have found it rather difficult of late. Between editing and my freelance work plus being a single mom, it’s hard to fit in any writing I actually

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  Script Frenzy: Only a Week Away!!

  4429 readersSo we had NaNoWriMo in November — well April is the time for Script Frenzy. Instead of writing a novel in a month, Script Frenzy challenges writers to script a 100-page screenplay in thirty days time. Are you up for the challenge? Check it out!!! If you’re going for it, stop back here and let us

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  An Unusual Cure for Writer’s Block

  3187 readersEveryone’s got an opinion. Opinions are like armpits: everyone has a couple and most of them stink! When it comes to writing, you might find that every single person in your life fancies themselves a writer or novelist and, therefore, they are overly qualified (and required by some invisible rule book) to tell you how

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  How to Avoid Stunted Growth During Writer’s Block

  1302 readersAs most of you already know, writer’s block can be cripplingly detrimental to your creativity — sometimes even reaching the point where you simply can’t think, which leads to frustration, depression, and in some cases even a negative perception of the art and craft you once loved. Once you encounter writer’s block, it’s likely that

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  7 Ways to Add Flavour to Non-Fiction Writing

  4228 readersMany of us consider ourselves primarily writers of fiction, yet we spend a significant amount of time blogging. Likewise, freelancers, journalists and copywriters focus on non-fiction avenues. Although it’s tempting for us storytellers to think of it as less creative, there are many easy ways to add a little flavour to our non-fiction. Here are 7

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  On Judging A Book By Its Cover

  1317 readersFrom the time we’re children, we’re told not to judge a book by its cover. We know it’s good advice. We’re aware that what appears on the outside of a book really has nothing to do with what appears inside, or how enjoyable that book will be. Still, there’s always the temptation to pluck the glossiest, most