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Fiction University: 5 Ways to Tell if a Subplot is Leading You Astray

Fiction University: 5 Ways to Tell if a Subplot is Leading You Astray:

everything4writers:

When good subplots go bad…

"Be kind to yourself in the year ahead. Remember to forgive yourself, and to forgive others. It’s..."

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Be kind to yourself in the year ahead.

Remember to forgive yourself, and to forgive others. It’s too easy to be outraged these days, so much harder to change things, to reach out, to understand.

Try to make your time matter: minutes and hours and days and weeks can blow away like dead leaves, with nothing to show but time you spent not quite ever doing things, or time you spent waiting to begin.

Meet new people and talk to them. Make new things and show them to people who might enjoy them....

Now Available:“What It Takes” by Jude Sierra

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“STARRED REVIEW. Sierra uses rich characterization and lyrical writing to infuse this slow-building romance with depth, humor, and pathos. Readers will savor every dip and peak of Milo and Andrew’s relationship as they balance the need for safety with the necessary risk of pursuing happiness.“ — Publishers Weekly

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The water quiets him with its rhythmic movement. The tide starts to let out, and the sun peeks through scattering clouds. Milo is startled out of his calm when h...

Beginners' four faults | Writing | Caro Clarke - writer

Beginners' four faults | Writing | Caro Clarke - writer:

writeworld:

As an editor, I know when I am reading someone’s first novel. I have nicknames for the four give-away faults beginners make: (1) Walk and Chew Gum (2) Furry Dice (3) Tea, Vicar? (4) Styrofoam. I see at least one of these in every manuscript where the author has not mastered the craft of writing before submitting in his or her work. What are these four faults and, more importantly, how can you cure them?

(1) Walk and Chew Gum
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Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?

Reread favorite books as if you are taking apart a clock.

leaberphotos:melancholy Sunday (1. 10. 2016)

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melancholy Sunday (1. 10. 2016)

"At its most fundamental level, to read is to put our selves at risk, to make ourselves vulnerable by..."

“At its most fundamental level, to read is to put our selves at risk, to make ourselves vulnerable by welcoming the presence of an other into our psychic space. This can be a radically transformative experience, challenging us to reformulate our own self-understanding.”

- Tara Isabella Burton (via poetsandwriters)

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Book giveaway for What It Takes by Jude Sierra Nov 21-Jan 18, 2016

Book giveaway for What It Takes by Jude Sierra Nov 21-Jan 18, 2016:

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Ten days left to enter a Goodreads giveaway for a copy of What it Takes!

Ends tomorrow!!

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