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Beware Writers Who Make You Feel Inferior
“There’s nothing dramatic about self-inflicted crisis.” I’ve been thinking a lot about this statement, written by PhD student and blogger Joseph Kugelmass, and how it relates to the genre of creative...
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Why Bother Writing More Than 140 Characters?
Despite a particular hatred of literature class and some teachers’ assertions that I lacked talent for writing, a 16-year-old version of myself felt compelled to explore her feelings through the...
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10 Lies about Writing You’ve Told Yourself
Working one-on-one with writing students, I’ve been shocked by the misconceptions they reveal. Some of these misconceptions were passed on by teachers who either don’t appreciate the craft of writing...
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5 Ways to Make Your Writing More Specific
The comment I make most often to my writing students has nothing to do with grammar or punctuation. It has nothing to do with sentence structure or the number of sentences in a paragraph. The comment...
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But My Hand Is Starting to Hurt
When was the last time you hand-wrote an important document? Could you imagine hand-writing e-mails before typing and sending them? Would you consider hand-writing a term paper before formatting it...
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Why I’ve Decided to Self Publish My Writing
I can’t wait to send my short stories out into the world because I’ve poured my heart and soul into them, and I’ve revised them to the best of my ability. So what’s a young woman to do now that she’s...
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5 Lessons Writers Can Learn from Kickstarter
Last week, I launched my Kickstarter campaign to raise the money I’ll need to print my collection of short stories The Prescribed Burn. In the process of preparing and launching my campaign and also by...
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The Challenge of Collaborative Storytelling
In my creative writing course, I try to incorporate as many group writing exercises as possible. You may be thinking, “But isn’t writing a solitary act?” Writing can be both an individual and community...
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3 Ways Creative Writing Can Improve Reading Skills
Many of us take for granted the fact that we can read and understand a newspaper article. Did you know that, according to a 2011 study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, 29% of...
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5 Tips for Editing When You Can’t Afford an Editor
Many publishing professionals will tell a self-publishing author that, despite the high cost of hiring a professional freelance editor ($50/hour and up), he or she can’t NOT afford an editor. A poorly...
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