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Write a short story from the perspective of someone going on a trip he or she does not want to take. What misadventures does this person experience along the way? What is the backstory? Can it get better? Start the story at what seems like a random moment in the trip, filling in the details as the journey plays out.
Originally PublishedA writing conference is a perfect mix of all the ingredients you need to grow as a writer. It doesn’t matter if you are just beginning or have a thriving writing career; a good conference provides everything, and it all happens over the span of a few days.
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“E.L. Doctorow said once said that ‘Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.’ You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.”
