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Analysis, Creative Writing

Yogababble: The Narrative Disguising of Brands

Jeff Swystun breaks down the latest craze in corporate speak from certain brands: yogababble
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Creative Writing, Pros on Prose

The Best Writers Are Technicians, Not Artists

Writers who worry about style more than substance think they’re going to make a career out of cool. It never works
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Creative Writing, Writing Advice

How Do You Balance Internal and External Conflict for Maximum Suspense?

External conflict is what makes the reader turn the page to find out what happens next. Internal conflict makes the reader care.
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Creative Writing

What I Learned From a Holocaust Survivor About Writing a Life Story

One day, an elderly man phoned me up out of the blue. He was looking for someone to help him write a book about his life. His...
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Creative Writing, Pros on Prose

The Balance of Truth and Storytelling in Non-Fiction Writing

Nature writing, true crime, history, essays, memoir, and narrative journalism all have this in common: if the writing is not compelling, the reader will put it down.
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Creative Writing, Writing Advice

The Past in 3D: Writing's Power to Preserve Family History

Beyond video, audio, and photography, writing may be the most powerful way to preserve and share family history. Journalist and speechwriter Stephen Martin shares why.
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Creative Writing, Writing Advice

Not So Novel: 3 Common Mistakes New Writers Make In Novels

It’s sometimes difficult to identify the mistakes that stem from poor planning. The first step to correcting them is knowing what they look like.
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Creative Writing, Free(lance) Advice

Finding Creative Focus in Chaos

In this webinar, Morgan Baden, Nicola Krauss, and Nisha Sharma, all published authors and industry experts get candid about how tough it can be to focus on...
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Creative Writing, Pros on Prose

Fanfiction Finally Gets Its Due

For the uninitiated, fan fiction is any writing someone does that uses another writer’s characters and setting. These fanfic communities are more than just virtual writing workshops,...
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Creative Writing

Ghosts & Authors Tell #ScaryStories on Twitter

Starting this week, we're participating in a fun and unusual project on Twitter. For the rest of the month of October, seven authors on Twitter will be...

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