Writing a World of Whimsy: Young Adult Author Claire Legrand
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Periodically, we share stories of WordPress.com users doing awesome things, from blogger David McRaney snagging his second book deal to…
Fiction 101: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered—Part 3
Writing fiction is fun, but it’s even better to be teaching it. Here are my last two tips about writing fiction. 4. Plotting can be fun.…
Fiction 101: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered—Part 2
A year ago, I never would have dreamed that I would be teaching a class about fiction writing. But here I am. See my earlier post…
Meanest Feedback for Writers–a Worst Ten List
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Writing criticism is a terribly, terribly hard thing to deal with. There are lots of rules. Never start a piece of writing…
Biggest blocks to writing: a most perfect look at perfectionism (Part II)
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Okay, that was a joke. It never hurts to lighten-up about perfectionism. Let’s just face, from the beginning, that we won’t do…
Fiction 101: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered—Part 1
Turns out that I know a great deal more than I thought I did about writing fiction. In fact, I’ve probably been waiting all 50-something years of my life to have forth on this topic. Which doesn’t mean that my students are always satisfied with my answers.
