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3 Keys to Storytelling
Back in 2009, I attended the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. It was a fabulous, fun experience that truly helped me grow. A few months later, reflecting on that time and the specific lessons I learned...
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Frog Marching the Muse: Eighteen Tips to Get Words on the Page
photo: Thomas Hawk (Flickr) Two days ago, I turned in a manuscript that I truly feared I would never finish. That has never happened to me before, and to have it happen when the final installment in a...
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Photo courtesy of Lauren Marek Thanks to Stephanie Perkins and Paula McLain, I can visit Paris anytime I want. Shilpi Somaya Gowda has taken me to Mumbai. My tour guide in Maine is Elizabeth Strout....
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Creating Living Breathing Dialog
By Torley (Flickr’s CC) Today’s guest is Sally Wiener Grotta, an author and journalist whose books include Jo Joe and just-released The Winter Boy. Sally’s a consummate storyteller, reflecting her deep...
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5 Creative Nonfiction Skills for Novelists
photo adapted / Horia Varlan We pulled up to the gate at Utah’s Arches National Park in an imprudent touring vehicle: a loaded U-Haul van. This would be our only sightseeing detour on the trek that...
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