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  • That's not an elementary question at all. Getting started isn't hard for me because wh...k in the voice of a child for a few pages. Something about shifting OUT of the mode I'm working in gets me intere...
  • Hello all - I'm Elizabeth. I'm a woman, writer, wife, mother, reader, runner, eater, t...inal, nothing really intended for publication. Just practice on scene setting, mode, dialogue, character dev, etc...
  • I agree with both Cathryn & Caroline (but my name starts with an A, not a C; sorry, always noticing those little things!), that this isn't an elementary question a...

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    Deborah Smith posted a message for Patricia Gligor
    Which article talks about real vs fictional settings? I am wondering about putting characters in a quazi real setting, like LA but not LA, much like how Lillian Jackso...
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    Behind The Book American Family By Catherine Marshall-Smith “What a long strange trip it’s been,” pretty much sums up my experience writing American Family. What...
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    Setting the Record Straight on the Central Registry. READ MORE: https://donnakshir.wordpress.com/2022/04/03/setting-the-record-straight/

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  • The name that I use on here and around the Internet (at least with writing related stu...blog or on my writing, it's like an alter ego of sorts and I shift into writer mode.
  • I have been mulling over these questions since you posted them Kamy and fortunately for me Jenne just posted a few minutes ago some thougths that explains much of my f...
  • Marisel- I feel similarly.  How do you write a story if you don't love the language?  Have you ever heard of the librarian Nancy Pearl?  http://www.nancypearl.com/  Sh...