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Building Characters is a Piece of (Layer) Cake
Judy Sternlight
Our brains combine our inner and outer senses to help us survive in the world. Imagine applying this depth of awareness to the characters in your story.
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
Writing and Madness
Dinitia Smith
For some of us the need to write is so profound that if we can’t do it we are quite miserable. Yet the life of the writer is mined with struggle...
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Essential Books for Writing
Our Essential Books for Writers list contains some of our favorite guides to writing. We know that there are many opinions on what makes great...
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Think Outside the Book
Traditional writing guidebooks can be excellent tools for getting your fingers typing, but we also know that inspiration and guidance can come...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
You Do You
Arlaina Tibensky
Great writers play to their strengths. If you’re hilarious, let yourself be funny. If you have an ear for dialogue, keep your characters talking
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
When Working on Your Writing Doesn't Look Like Writing
Lily Brooks-Dalton
We have to support each other in undoing this myth that we are only working when we are literally writing words down. There are plenty of odes...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
From Scratch
Bill Cheng
If it is true that a story’s start is visualized as the left-most point on a line plot, then it is also true that a story is a stone fruit—a...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
Interviewing for Fiction
Min Jin Lee
If you are fortunate enough to spend time with strangers who will tell you very harmless facts about their lives, very often, you will be allowed...
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Writing ToolsWriters on Writing
The Writer's Trove
Alissa Torres
By writing about your experiences, you transform your memories into tangible monuments. You validate what happened to you from your own perspective...