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  • It's funny how we've segregated these two discussions! I did leave a lot of the detai...difficult when it's an adult working with children, for sure. That adult must model openness, listening, respect...
  • LATEST RE-WRITE (It's getting shorter and shorter) :=) Demanding operatic divas, naked Irishmen walking in their sleep, and honeymooners leaving remnants of an unforg...
  • Last reply by Michelle Gwynn Jones
    Hello fellow writers Could you please tell me what you think about this first chapter.  You will see *****, I apologize, I just can't decide the MC's last name.   Tha...
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  • (Hey Karen, nice to see you over here!) Good topic, Leslie. What I find particularly difficult is writing about one's children. I write a lot about my experiences as...
  • Started by Nancy Hinchliff
    Last reply by Nancy Hinchliff
    LATEST AND SHORTEST REWRITE 11-10-10 November 6, 2010 Mr. John Doe John Doe Literary Agency 1029 Jones Street San Francisco, CA 94109 Dear Mr. Doe, Demanding operat...
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  • Okay - here's the new first chapter. Please comment. Any places that trip you up or slow you down? In my old Brady-house living room, I sat at the edge of our mohair b...
  • I was very, very well treated at Coyote Wild. I don't know if they're particularly geared toward feminine voice stories, but they've published a number that I feel fit into that category. (One of the early pieces published there was a story of how Abigail Adams became president. *g*)
  • Started by Maya Nussbaum
    Picture a large room packed with girls and women bent over notebooks. All is quiet...individually with professional women writers who become writing coaches, role-models and inspirations - year-lon...
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  • I like how you played with it. It stresses a voice I don't have. :) Which is yours and is lively and great.  I guess I'll give you the first chapter here.  (It begins...
  • Started by Shari Cohen
    Many writers are asking the questions: how can I continue to do the work I love in a new environment, one in which so many of the rules have changed? How might I need...
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