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  • I don't have an MFA. My bachelor's degree is in journalism and my master's degree is i...it comes to fiction writing, I think the school of life is as important as any mode of formal education. That sai...
  • Marie's suggestions are all right on. The breathing thing is essential. I was taught how to breathe by a drama coach. She taught this as a nervous-fighting strategy. J...
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    Ladies, you have less than two weeks to provide Oscar Wilde with something to fill his empty head for the chance to win a moleskine at http://editorial-consultancy.co....
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    Hook: The line that makes you stop and read… God Does Not Live on Earth Story: The why am I writing you… Those things hidden will become known. So, what are you hid...

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  • Pauline, thanks for making the point about designing. Yes, it is essential to hire an editor and, unless you already are a designer, to hire a designer as well. I wrot...
  • I'd like to second all of the previous comments: a wonderful claim on what I, too, see as the distinctive quality of memoir.  In writing her own late memoir, "A Sketch...
  • Catherine Hiller: Thanks for your comment. I consider the writing teacher's ability to offer suggestions for improvement as part of her toolbox, though I didn't say so, and it’s certainly worth mentioning! Thanks for clarifying that essential trait!