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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Why Liars Can Can Grow Up To Be Writers. May 13, 2015. One of my notorious family members was a prolific liar. You might say pathological, but that’s so full of judgment. Barry was an experienced man who could tell a great story. His storytelling was mostly of the oral kind, but once in awhile he’d write something down. No Country for Old Men. Aren’t liars the best storytellers? Liars do ...

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Making the Most of an Editor’s Time. April 15, 2016. Writer's League of Texas. The Writer’s League of Texas has a superior Agents and Editors Conference. But there are probably fewer than 100 writers each year who come to meet with publishers’ editors. This year only three editors are taking consulting meetings, but does a limited number of writers make sense? Regardless, editors can offe...

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reading | The Write Stuff

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Roots of emulation essential to grow a story. July 14, 2015. The tomatoes in my back yard didn’t need to see other tomatoes to grow. They started from seed, after all. What good does it do to find something to emulate, while growing? You’re going to want to find some fiction to read. It’s essential to writing effective stories. It’s a trick, really. To find that book just like t...This is...

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. A 10-Cent Tour of Today’s Publishing. March 5, 2016. The Dogs of Babel. For example, is a book about a linguist solving his wife’s murder by trying to teach his dog the only witness to talk. It’s published by Little, Brown and Company. Little Brown is owned by Hatchette, one of the Five. How to Hear Your Voice in Your Writing. December 30, 2015. Voice is harder to teach than it seems....

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craft | The Write Stuff

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. How to build metaphors in less than 5 minutes. June 16, 2016. Write a list of 7 nouns down one side of your page. Specific nouns are better. Not “tree” but “live oak.” Not “car” but “minivan.” You wanna see these things better. You want to know what makes them unique. You can play with this when you want to call attention to the details of something in a story. They can be events: a S...

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Discount training: worth all you won’t pay for it. April 26, 2016. 8220;Why should I care about getting graded? I’m making a series of Write Skills videos. You’re not growing your skills. Short lessons, yes. Longer practice.) That’s what coaching does, or sitting in a real class in-person, or online. You measure your training through evaluated practice. You...The 12 Disciples of Creativity.

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editing | The Write Stuff

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Making the Most of an Editor’s Time. April 15, 2016. Writer's League of Texas. The Writer’s League of Texas has a superior Agents and Editors Conference. But there are probably fewer than 100 writers each year who come to meet with publishers’ editors. This year only three editors are taking consulting meetings, but does a limited number of writers make sense? Regardless, editors can offe...

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10 Read-Alouds That Will Awaken Your Child’s Sense of Adventure | Roots of Grace

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Nourished by Faith, Hope and Love. A Place of Grace. 10 Read-Alouds That Will Awaken Your Child’s Sense of Adventure. July 24, 2015. July 25, 2015. There are a lot of things that don’t come naturally for me as a parent: housekeeping, discipline, creating routines, establishing healthy boundaries, I could go on… But one thing that does come naturally, only because it is a passion of my own, is sharing a love for reading with my children. What to Look for in a Book. 8211; Daniel San Souci. This adventurous...

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craft | The Write Stuff

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Instruction and inspiration from Austin's Writer's Workshop. Writers Workshop groups, editing. About The Write Stuff. Writing to Get Into Someone’s Head. May 24, 2016. Malcolm Gladwell writes in. What the Dog Saw,. That’s the work of good character-building. Building characters comes from a knowledge of behaviors. The Meyers-Briggs personality tests rank people in four areas, using questions that measure whether you are more of a:. Introvert vs. Extrovert. Thinking vs. Feeling. Sensing vs. Intuitive.