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Ask yourself these four pointed questions to determine if a writing project is worthy of your time.
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Categories: Writing & Editing Process
Tags: beta readers, constructive criticism, sensitivity reading, types of editors
If your book contains portrayals of people of color or other marginalized populations, it might benefit from a sensitivity read.
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Almost every writer regularly encounters The Block, and most all of them find ways through it. Here’s how.
Last Updated on March 23, 2022
Categories: Writing & Editing Process
Tags: creative writing, fiction writing, revising your writing
The beginning of a story is crucial. It can make the difference in gaining the attention of a prospective agent, acquisitions editor, and ultimately the reader. So, how do you start? Here are some suggestions to help you find your beginning.
Last Updated on March 23, 2022
Categories: Writing & Editing Process
Tags: character development, memoir, memoir writing, nonfiction writing
Trauma creates chaos, while writing brings new order, imposing a beginning, middle, and an end. Here are some key suggestions for how to approach writing a memoir about trauma.
Last Updated on February 15, 2022
How writing about trauma can benefit us — both emotionally and physically.
Last Updated on March 23, 2022
I encourage you to keep writing, for your writing may actually be a remedy for the sorrow, fear, confusion, empty-headedness, and aching hearts — yours and others’.
Last Updated on March 23, 2022
Stuck in a writing rut? Heed these words of wisdom from famous authors.
Last Updated on March 23, 2022
Shifting the way you think about your book goals can help you get to the end more easily.
Last Updated on February 15, 2022
A simple-sounding “10-5-1” plan can help you finally get started on that nonfiction book you’ve been thinking of writing.