Regarding always having the first sentence of a essay first, my journalism teacher always said that main idea expressed in your first line was like a clothesline. And every subsequent paragraph and sentence should hang (relate) on it. This idea has served me well for 50 years.
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Thank you for this post, Diana. I'm writing something now which is based on real people and events. I never considered it memoir. But the main character is loosely based on my mom. E...
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I definitely do try to make my main characters are multi-dimensional as possible! Strengths, weaknesses, fears - when writing in fantasy especially, I try to stay away from common cl...
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...a mystery. Cleaning up is so much harder that way. I’m not talking about having everything planned to the last detail, but knowing the main points, and the main red herrings. Again, individu...
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I like to work on something random that's not my main project when I'm not in the mood. I'll put on some music, think of a character, and try to write a scene that fits the music and character, just to get the blood pumping.
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...cond revision. I'm reading "The Editor's Eye" by Stacy Ennis and trying to write my revision based on the information she suggests in her book. The main suggestion? Hire an editor! S...
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The Handmaid's Tale...definitely! Did you watch the series on Netflix? It was very powerful and Elizabeth Moss (Offred, the main character) commented on Chelsea Handler's show that t...
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...ng a portion of the book sales to two non-profits: The Friends of the Libraries (who will do a fine job of advertising the event in tandem with the main library system) and NAMI Sant...
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...d by not engaging in critical thinking. Social influence can be very strong. For example, the past few months, with all the political rhetoric, the main stream media has been very pa...
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...self that all of my words had to be about my novel-in-progress. I will totally "take a page out of your book" for Camp NaNoWriMo in July, and the main event next November....and in...
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