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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Descriptive Writing 101: Describing Emotion Through Objective Correlatives
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Let me preface this post by saying that I'm a little bit intimidated by addressing this particular topic, only because my brilliant f...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Descriptive Writing 101: Building Strong Metaphors
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Any lover of lush prose will tell you: There is no more valuable tool in a descriptive writer's box than a well-placed metaphor. Goo...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Descriptive Writing 101: Relationship-Based Description
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One of the fundamental building blocks in good descriptive writing is what I think of as "relationship-based" description (or, so...
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Descriptive Writing 101: It's Way More Than Adjectives, Baby
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This forest is lush and green, with trees that are towering and stately as they preside over the sinuous stillness of the river! #WhatNo...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
the holy midnight work
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Canning peaches with Kate It's hot here in the darkness; damp hair clings to the back of my neck, my clothes feel oppressive and c...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Your Beginning Is A Promise—So Don't Break It!
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I have the privilege of being a middle grade mentor for Brenda Drake's incredible Pitch Wars contest this year. The revision period ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Rewriting Is The Heart Of Writing
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I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and I got serious about writing novels many years ago. For a long time, I fig...
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