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Category: Writers

More You Know: Writing Intros (For Writers)

06/17/2021

More You Know, Writers, Writing

This is more for writers but it’s for everyone who wants to remind themselves they probably need clarification on the differences of what comes before the meat of any story or after. They are also known as a preface, foreword, prologue, introduction in the beginning and epilogue and afterward at the end. Let’s start with
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TV Documentary Recommendation: Hemingway (2021)

04/09/2021

Documentary Recommendations, Writers

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” -Ernest hemingway I recommend you see this three part documentary film playing on PBS. if you a writer, alcoholic, suicidal, contradictory, or any combination I just listed. Ernest Hemingway is about as influential on writers as is Edgar Allan
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Journal Entry Type #83: Writing is a Journey

03/18/2021

Writers, Writing

I got my edited version of my first story back. The good news is that it isn’t as labor intensive as I thought it might be. The bad news is, if you want to call it that, is I have to do another rewrite. It’s a minor rewrite compared to the lengthy ones I’ve done
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Journal Entry Type #82: A Good Reminder for Writers

03/17/2021

Writers, Writing

It’s easy to get into the trap of thinking I will write the next great American novel, or I will write the next great novel to be translated into hundreds of languages and bought in every tiny corner of the world. The good news is that having this dream is a possibility although quite
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