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Everything I need to know about Styling, I learned from LuLu
Picture credit: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/18900/18980/book_18980.htm Okay, okay, so my title is a bit of an exaggeration. Here’s the story: I get lots of questions from new writers about how to...
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Who’s talking? POV, Voice, and Narrator as explained in Anne Lamott’s Bird by...
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott There are few books that come up with my writer friends more often than Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. In the same way that I feel like I’m not quite smart enough because I’ve...
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Background on my new story: “Just Perfect” (or why I believe we all live in a...
This week, Hamodia‘s Inyan Magazine published my new short story (and it’s actually for adults!), entitled “Just Perfect.” The original version of the story was explicitly a piece of fantasy, but as I...
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Can teenagers really save the world? Musings on middle grade and YA lit
I’m completely behind both writing and housework this week due to a bout of strep throat (thankfully, on the mend now due to penicillin). This was the second time I’ve been laid up for several days...
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How writing a novel differs from writing a screenplay: my last post on STORY
After reading my earlier posts on STORY, you might think I’m 100% sold on the book. I have to admit that I’m a fan, but I do have some quibbles, largely on the adoption of screenwriting techniques for...
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