Tagged: Writing Instruction

  • Pick Your Writing Lane

    by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted A few years back, I had a writer friend fuss at me. "Pick your lane and stay in it. You write everything, but are you proficient?" I thought this was a writer friend. Actually, he is. However, his newness to the industry helped me excuse his…

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  • Four Types Of Profitable Writing

    by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 When people ask me what I do, and I tell them I’m an editor and author, I often hear their stories about their ideas for writing a book. Many people believe they have novels inside, and they’re probably right. But most people never act on their…

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  • Who is your Writing Audience?

    By: DeAnna Lynn Sanders @deannalsanders It’s the question I start with every time I begin writing a new piece. It’s the question my journalism professors taught me to ask as I approached writing a news or feature story. The last few years, I’ve been a content writer for nonprofit organizations.…

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  • Learning To Love Your Problem Characters

    by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author Writers are weird. We see the world through a different lens than most people. Every interaction, every surprise, every event in our lives becomes fodder for a story. We keep track of distant memories in exacting detail. We notice the things everyone else dismisses. Whether we…

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  • Use Secrets in your Writing

    By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Have you ever kept a secret from your mom as a kid? I did one time… “Don’t tell Mom,” I said to my brother Murray. “She’ll kill me!” Once again, I didn’t listen to my mom and decided to take our friend’s 5-speed bike for a…

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  • How To Build Your Author Email List

    By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites As a child I would hear my babysitter say, “It’s always better to give than receive.” In my head I’d say, yeah but it’s not your chocolate bar your giving away. Even as an adult, no one touches my chocolate without my permission. All kidding aside, …

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