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  • When It’s Time for a Writer to Bite the Marketing Bullet Thursday, August 22nd, 2019     4 Comments

    @RamonaRichards OK . . . so I have a book coming out next month. And, yes, I have been doing this for a LONG time. I have survived the days of paper manuscripts and SASEs. Of waiting for more than a year for a rejection. Of form letters, postcards, and…

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  • One of A Writer’s Hidden Treasure is Symbolism: Part 2 Wednesday, August 21st, 2019     One Comment

    @DiAnnMills Symbolism is a tangible items that means something psychologically to the character—and translates to the reader the same emotional response. James Scott Bell states, “From the start, we have a connection . . . .” The character(s) and the reader form an attachment to an object that no longer…

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  • One of A Writer’s Hidden Treasure is Symbolism: Part 1 Tuesday, August 20th, 2019     2 Comments

    @DiAnnMills Writers often struggle with how to incorporate symbolism into their novels or if it’s even necessary. How does it fit into premise and theme? Does it heighten emotion? Does it encourage the reader to see beyond the obvious? Is it part of the story line? How does a writer…

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  • Brainstorming Isn’t Cheating, It’s an Author’s Secret Weapon! Monday, August 19th, 2019     2 Comments

    @LynnHBlackburn When I first started writing, I would hear people talk about brainstorming and I have to tell you . . . it bothered me. A lot. I was intrigued by the idea of getting together with a group of friends and throwing ideas around, but I was afraid it…

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  • Writing Skills: Add Professional Eavesdropping to Your List Friday, August 16th, 2019     5 Comments

    @EdieMelson I read somewhere once that good dialogue is a conversation with the boring parts taken out. I completely agree. Just record and transcribe a normal conversation and you’ll see that it isn’t all that interesting to read without a lot of judicious editing. But even armed with that knowledge,…

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  • Kurt Vonnegut’s Eighth (and Final) Rule for Writing Fiction Thursday, August 15th, 2019     One Comment

    @ADGansky Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. –Kurt Vonnegut Aside from keeping…

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