The Truth about Writing Mechanics
Today wraps up our year-long exploration of the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing. We hope you’ve learned a lot of…
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Real Giving during the Giving Season
Are you scratching your head too? I can’t figure out where the year went. Every year seems to go by…
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Personal Shifts
Sadly, this is my last post for Say What? I’ve run this section on Live Write Thrive for four years…
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Searching for the Poetry in Story
Today Robin Patchen takes a look at cadence and rhythm as we begin to wrap up attack on Fatal Flaw #12:…
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31 Stylistic Devices for Creative Writers
Today’s guest post is by Rose Scott: Without figurative language, writing would be plain and shallow. The more stylistic devices…
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When You’re (Missing) a Word in a Comparison
Writers sometimes leave out small necessary words when making comparisons. Sometimes sentences look just fine to our eyes at first…
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Writing Mechanics: To Paragraph or Not to Paragraph
Today editor Christy Distler continues our look at Fatal Flaw #12: Flawed Writing Mechanics. We’ve looked at how novels are structured…
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Now That You’ve Survived NaNoWriMo
Today’s guest post is by Victor Salinas: If you participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), you’ve spent the last…
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More or Less
Who would imagine a little word like less could be less than simple to use correctly? As an adjective, less…
