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Do People Take Writers Seriously?

by Julie McElroy on February 28, 2011

One of the things that I have struggled with over the last few years as a freelance writer is getting support from people I know.  Not other writers or all of the great people I have met online, but my REAL friends and family. I wonder if they take my seriously.  Do they think it [...]

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Develop Your Writing Style Through Online Schools

by Dillon Farowe on December 30, 2010

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Dillon Farowe.  Please read more about Dillon the the footer.
All of us have developed our writing style through years of schooling and practice. From the moment we started Kindergarten, we were instructed on a certain way to write. As the years went by and high [...]

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Writing Offers Different Perspective on Same Old Story

by Julie McElroy on December 21, 2010

How many times have you read about something in the news or a piece of history that sounded like a completely different event?
The beauty of writing is it puts a new perspective on the same old story.  When you read history books, you will get an entirely different perspective, depending on who wrote about [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Bethany Ramos. Please read more about Bethany in the footer.
Perhaps you are already sitting on a completed manuscript that you are just itching to get out to a literary agent. Still, it is not always that simple… Any seasoned author can tell you that you must [...]

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The Artist’s Way Reminds Us of the Gift of Free Writing

by Hannah Conti on December 3, 2010

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Hannah Conti.  Please read more about Hannah in the footer.
Hart Crane once wrote, “One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.”
Imagine a the writer’s equivalent of a long, hot bath. [...]

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Become What You Admire In Others

by Mitch Tarala on November 29, 2010

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mitch Tarala. Please read more about Mitch in the footer.
“Let yourself grow in ways you never expect to. Become what you admire in others, for that admiration is telling you something.”
I wanted to start this post with the quote that inspired me to write [...]

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