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Writing — When Things Go Wrong
I’m sitting in the waiting room at my mechanic’s, waiting to find out just what’s wrong with my car and how much it’ll cost me. Thing is — nobody knows anything just yet. Writing can be the same way....
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A Few Common Writing Problems
Tomorrow, I’ll be heading out to Calgary, Alberta, for ConVersion, a sf/fantasy convention. The organizers have been kind enough to make me their literary guest of honor, and so I’ll be giving talks,...
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On Writing: Solving Writing Problems with Point of View
I have written about point of view many times before. A couple of years ago I did a whole series of posts on it, and one of my “Creative Intersections” posts earlier this year dealt with POV as it...
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: Fixing a Broken Manuscript
Confession time: There are times when I will find myself ignoring advice that I have given here on Magical Words, or in other teaching situations. For whatever reason — convenience, time, laziness, the...
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: More Fixes For a Broken Manuscript
In my last Quick-Tip Tuesday post, I wrote about fixing a broken manuscript by setting it aside for a good long time — months — and then reading it through fresh, with an eye toward finding that place...
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