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Suspense, Perspective, and Writing Advice

Georgia Soares | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Suspense Novels, Suspense, Writing Workshop, Girls Write Now, Young Writers, Writing, Teen News

Readers are always seeking unique stories and writing styles. If your story starts with a first page that leaves the reader wondering what's going to happen next, you mastered the challenge!

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Best Creative Writing Exercises (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advice for Writers, Writers Block, Writing Workshop, Advice to Writers, Writing Skills, Writing Exercises, Writing, Writing Exercise, Slidepollajax, Writing Tools, Writing Prompt, Books News

Writers block, oh, writers block ...please go away! Even though it's the bane of all writers' existence, there are a bevy of ways to bypass the darn...

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Grammar Pet Peeves

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writing Workshop, Grammar Errors, Commas, Writing Tips, Writing, Slidepollajax, Grammar Pet Peeves, Grammar, Apostrophe, Punctuation, Books News

As writers, readers and all around bibliophiles, the HuffPost Books community, including us, can't get enough of the schadenfreude of grammar mistakes...

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New Business Features An Online Writing Club

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quilliant, Writing Workshop, Online Writers Club, Online Writing Workshop, Writing Venture, Ereader, Online Writers Workshop, British Business, Bookclub, Writing, Books, Ebook, Writing Business, Ewriting, Writer's Workshop, Books News

But until the launch of Quilliant this month - say its creators - there has been no independent, UK incarnation of the book club online, somewhere asp...

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Writing A Novel in Three Days: A New Sport?

themillions.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Novella, Book Prize, Three Day Novel, Writing Workshop, Writing Skills, Writing Tips, Author, Writing Prize, Writing, Writing Game, Writing Fast, Novel, Writing Contest, Books News

According to the organizers, the 3-Day Novel Contest has been called a "fad," an "idle threat," a "great way to overcome writers block," and "a trial ...

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Writing Workshops: A Quality Killer?

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Writing Workshop, Writing Craft, Mfa, Reading, Books, Writing, Writers-Workshop, Book Publishing, Writers, Books News

Part of what annoys me about the deadline and contract side of publishing is that it really has nothing whatever to do with writing, nothing to do wit...

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5 Benefits of Sharing Early-Stage Work

Jennie Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Knowing when and how and with whom to share your work is not easy for writers who haven't done it.

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Is Anne Lamott The People's Author? (VIDEO)

bigthink.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writing Teacher, Writing Workshop, Bird by Bird, Creative Writing, Faith, Anne Lamott, Authors, Bestsellers, Books News

Question: Do you like that you're known as "The People's Author?" Anne Lamott: I can honestly say there is nothing I would rather be known as than "T...

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Memo To Creative Writing Students: Inappropriate Work Will Bring Repercussions

Arizona Daily Wildcat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writing Workshop, Ua Creative Writing, Creative Writing, The West, Arizona Creative Writing Discipline, Student Writing, University of Arizona, Inappropriate Creative Writing, Inappropriate Work, College News

Early this semester, the UA Creative Writing program sent an e-mail to creative writing instructors stating that students who submit inappropriate wor...

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The House Is Sold - We Have Moved

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Renting, Writing Workshop, Sex Death Enlightenment, Laptops, Eat Pray Love, Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Mark Matousek, Sabbatical, Moving House, Writing Intensive, Real Estate, The House Is Sold, Rhinebeck, Real Estate Sabbatical, Unpacking, Craig's List, New York Bestselling List, College Loans, Bestseller, Memoir, Live Happily-Ever-After, Rinebeck NY, Emotional Artifacts, Debt-Free, Omega-Center-for-Sustainable-Living, Welsh-Dresser, Desktops, Healthy Living News

I liked our new home. Granted, we didn't own it, we were renting it. But for now it was our home. It was a small ranch; less than half the size of the...

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Behind the Wall

Jamie Wetherbe | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jail, Writing Workshop, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Writing, Healthy Living News

I was working for a nonprofit, which offersclasses -- like acting, music and even meditation -- and programs, like GED, to youth offenders. The guys at this facility are lucky: For the most part, other centers just let kids sit in cells.

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