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Announcements
 By Lynn Dean, on January 30th, 2012We’re gearing up for our third annual NOVELWritingSite Contest for young writers! I hope you’ve been writing regularly, putting these lessons and exercises to work as you hone your storytelling skills. Are you ready to get some encouraging feedback? In May we will begin accepting entries–the first five pages of any story you feel [...] Announcements
By Lynn Dean, on December 30th, 2011We’ll be back to regular Friday posts on January 6, 2012 with an article from our NEW CONTRIBUTOR, Shannon McNear! Announcements, Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on October 14th, 2011It’s hard to imagine that any lover of literary lore hasn’t heard of NaNoWriMo, but hey…the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. NaNoWriMo, short National Novel Writing Month, is billed by it’s non-profit sponsors, the Office of Letters and Light, as “30 days and nights of literary abandon!” You may abandon a lot of [...] Announcements, Personal Motivation, Plotting, The Writing Industry
By Lynn Dean, on September 2nd, 2011I’ve referred in past posts to Larry Brooks’ excellent book, Story Engineering. As I read this book the principles of plotting finally clicked–probably because Larry explains them in architectural terms, and I am a building designer by trade. Suddenly both the rules and the reasons for them became clear, and I’ve been a [...] |
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