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  • I love Scrivener - great for large manuscripts, especially if you tend to move scenes...ith lots of research material & multimedia. I also enjoy the "full screen" mode - helps me stay focused. Enj...
  • I think that memoirs are, right now, providing readers with some of the things that novels and short stories provided in the 19th and early 20th centuries—telling stor...
  • I’ve been blogging since 2004, and I couldn’t wait for my turn as Curator of the Week. My how things have changed. It offered me an indulgent Sunday morning to explore...
  • My take is: either approach can work. There are many great books that start with high drama. Alice Sebold's Lucky springs to mind. But there are others that take the o...
  • Hey there, Barbara! I made the "change" a few years ago. I still write novels and short stories, but back in 2007, I returned to an earlier love, scriptwriting. I've s...
  • Father Outside  (by Nick Flynn; check out his book Some Ether)   A black river flows down the center of each page   & on either side the banks are wrapped in snow....
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    Hi all! I'm so glad to be here, finally. I would say I'm definitely more of a reflective writer. To be honest, though, I think my biggest challenge as a writer is in f...
  • Hi Cheryl, I wasn't here for the previous discussion so I'm reading this cold. My first impression is that your sentences have structure problems. "At least that’s wha...
  • This is a revised version of what I posted a week ago.  Would love some comments, an attagirl or squee would be lovely.  -K- In the Company of Stones Chapter 1 780's D...
  • Ashely thanks for your thoughts...I do feel odd even trying it on my own. I think I could collaborate really well with someone who knows more about screenwriting... A...