Kristen Kieffer November 13, 2015 I’ve always been a do-it-yourself learner. A few years back, I determined to become a professional novelist and dove headfirst into the world of fiction. I knew I had a lot to learn, so I spent every waking moment outside of my day job devouring every craft book and blog I could […]
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Interviewed by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt and Nathaniel Rich Stephen King began this interview in the summer of 2001, two years after he was struck by a minivan while walking near his home in Center Lovell, Maine. He was lucky to have survived the accident, in which he suffered scalp lacerations, a collapsed right lung, and multiple
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If you are someone that needs to create content in order to connect with your audience, then you may find it difficult to produce quality material on a consistent basis. If that’s your situation, then using a well-worn writer’s technique called the “reporter’s questions,” or “the 5 W’s and the H” may be just what
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From Writer’s Relief staff: Submitting to anthologies (such as “Chicken Soup for the Soul”) is a great way for new writers to break into the industry and for established writers to keep their work circulating—and we’ve got tips for making effective anthology submissions. What Are Anthologies? An anthology is a collection of works that all
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Clichés may be an undesirable ingredient for your prose (in fact, AutoCrit even has a report dedicated to that specific curse), but there’s no denying that, used sparingly, idioms can make for a fun way to color characters. Every language and culture on Earth has its own set of idioms. Some are shared across entire populations,
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