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Paying close attention to verbs can enliven writing. Writer and editor Constance Hale explains the vex, hex, smash and smooch of language’s punchiest words.
By Elfrieda Abbe
Published:
12/20/2012
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Edgar Allan Poe speaks to writers about preplanning your work, knowing the ending, concentrating on a single effect, and showing discipline and character
By B.K. Stevens
Published:
9/20/2012
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Sometimes it's helpful to have someone tell you what to do (or what not to do)
Published:
7/23/2012
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These time-saving strategies will help you manage your workload, minus the frazzle
By Kelly James-Enger
Published:
6/25/2012
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Want to learn some ways to strengthen, energize, clarify and trim your works? Here are a few tricks of the trade from a Writer editor
By Ronald Kovach
Published:
6/12/2012
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By Chuck Greaves
Published:
6/5/2012
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Deciding to practice what she preached, this writer strengthened her writing and landed a publisher
By C. Hope Clark
Published:
5/8/2012
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Here are some tips on how to use one skillfully—and when not to use one at all
By Bharti Kirchner
Published:
5/7/2012
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By Roy Sorrels
Published:
5/7/2012
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An experienced writer of short fiction offers a broad range of entry points that can get you started
By Quinn Dalton
Published:
4/25/2012
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A surprising key to unblocking and unlocking inspiration was revealed to one writer in the pages of children's books
By Dawn Goldsmith
Published:
4/11/2012
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If you need to compress your fiction, consider the information that is truly needed—or not needed
By Gene Stewart
Published:
4/11/2012
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A veteran television writer tells how he did just that for an episode of The Wonder Years
By Sy Rosen
Published:
3/27/2012
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The writer has found some specific approaches that put the creativity and ideas back into writing
By Ruth O'Neil
Published:
3/27/2012
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Drawn largely from recent research in neurology and psychology, here are 20 techniques to get you going
By Luc Reid
Published:
3/23/2012
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There’s nothing like a ‘There is’ phrase to suck the energy out of a sentence
By David Galef
Published:
2/24/2012
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From The Writer archives
By Lew Vanderpoole
Published:
2/7/2012
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Niche literary competitions and awards may mean less competition for you
By Erika Dreifus
Published:
1/19/2012
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Are you guilty of any of these offenses? Then why do I feel bad for wanting to de-clutter my feed?
By Erika Dreifus
Published:
12/8/2011
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