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| One of the debates currently raging among writers is to what extent we have the right to write outside of our own experiences. The old chestnut "write what you know" is well-worn advice for improving the believability of your fiction, but is it more than that? How comfortable should you be basing your next book on a culture, gender, sexuality, race, class, or other background that isn't yours? Read More... |
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| The great Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, apparently had a quote for every occasion. Discover 14 wisdoms you may not have read before from this master of satirical space romps. Read More... |
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| One of the most subjective challenges writers face in character development is conveying their personalities in a naturally complex and believable way. Here, Joan Dempsey shares the secrets to this one surefire way to bring your characters to life. Read More... |
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| After writing 31 YA novels in 10 years, Lisi Harrison thought she had writing down to a science. But when she tried her hand at adult fiction, she found herself four years late and struggling to finish. Here, she outlines four reasons for the struggle-and what you can learn from it. Read More... |
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| Every writer who becomes a master goes through a training ground, whether formal or self-imposed. The boot camp of choice for hundreds of thousands of writers is the rollicking, spirited grind of National Novel Writing Month each November. Here, Grant Faulkner how a month of NaNoWriMo can improve your writing for a lifetime. Read More... |
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| Every year the editor of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market compiles a handful of debut authors with unique stories to feature in the latest edition. This post is taken directly from middle-grade author Ellie Terry's interview in CWIM 2018. Here, she talks about the long road it took to finding an agent, and writing a story that's close to her heart. Read More... |
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Why We Write: This week's writing prompt is a bit different than usual. Instead of telling us a fictional tale, we'd like to hear the why behind your love of writing. Share in the comments, in under 500 words (and in this case, brevity is best), the reason behind your love of writing. Your response could appear in the February 2018 issue of Writer's Digest.
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Jess Zafarris
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Jess Zafarris is an energetic multimedia journalist with more than 7 years of experience writing and editing, and the online content director of Writer's Digest. |
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