Tag: creative writing
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Pre-Order ‘The Condemned,’ Forthcoming September 2023
“The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry” will publish Sept. 9, 2023. Pre-order now to secure special, discounted prices!
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Writing for the Public: My Key Rules for Success
Did you know only half of adults in the United States can read a book written at an eighth-grade level? That stat is from the Literacy Project. If you’re writing for the public, you cannot be successful if you refuse to acknowledge that fact. So how can you ensure your writing is effective?
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5 Writing Prompts to Make Your Fiction Stories Fly
Are you struggling to jerk your mind out of the daily grind and into creative mode for some seriously awesome writing? Then here are five writing prompts I developed for fiction writers to help get your imagination juices flowing.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.
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3 Surprising Ways to Improve Your Creative Writing
My creative writing has taken off lately. Whatever the reason, below are three surprising ways I’ve improved my creative writing over the years. Perhaps they’ll help you improve, too!
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I’m Back to Writing on WordPress, Follow Me for Everything Writing!
I have some exciting news! For those of you who followed me on WordPress in the past and saw I stopped blogging because I moved to Substack …. I’m baaaaaaack! I’ll be changing my focus, however. Starting today, I’ll pick up blogging again on WordPress, but on the topic of writing. Yes! Everything about the…
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To Those Who Mourn in Silence (100,000)
© To Those Who Mourn in Silence, Shari Lopatin, 2020 (written 5-28-2020) I see your pain in Silence. As you curl Away Into your private world, Lost, never found, And missing your 100,000. I sink with you Alone. And scoff at the smiles That mock Your loss. If silence is your Cry, I will…
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Does Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ Measure Up to ‘Handmaid’s Tale’?
*Please note that I may earn a small commission should you click any of the links in this post to make a purchase. However, I bought my own copy of this book and reviewed it independently of any commissions, payments, or trade-offs. Book: The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Link…