Tag: nonfiction
member name: Lea M.
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September 08, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
You've likely heard the quote that "you only have one chance to make a first impression."
I get e-mails from writer friends and am shocked by their inability to craft even a simple sentence . . .
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January 29, 2008 08:00 PM EST --
We writers, while having many similarities, are a diverse lot. There are many areas of writing. I am not, by nature, a novelist. However, a good friend definitely is. He cranks out half a dozen in a year . . .
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September 21, 2007 01:21 AM EDT --
I got a check in the mail today. It's an infrequent happening lately, so I was giddy and danced around the sofa with my tongue out - waving the check in my husband's face. I sang (in . . .
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September 16, 2007 05:11 PM EDT --
Well, it says so in the following article's beginning. I already knew I was a bit impulsive, random in thought, and forgetful. But ill? Hmmm . . .
Actually, the write-up supports writing as therapy. . . .
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September 23, 2007 05:56 PM EDT --
Coming soon - my new nonfiction project - Short Sheets For Writers - TM.
See it here or visit: www.shortsheetsforwriters.com
I've thoroughly researched my craft, attended writers' conferences, . . .
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September 24, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
Hello, ladies!
Hope your lives are happy and healthy.
I had a recent email asking why I (moderator of the group) declined her submission. I decline several posts every day because they are contest entries . . .
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September 16, 2007 10:13 PM EDT --
So much of learning the writing craft has to do with reading. Through reading other similar works, we see examples of dialogue that "works" and of the importance of setting in a story. Plus, . . .
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September 18, 2007 12:32 PM EDT --
Hello, friends! Hope your day is going well.
I appreciate your connection with The Writer's Craft and love the article additions that deal with writing and other related helpful posts. . . .
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September 19, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
Story Quarterly is having a fiction contest, and the deadline is October 30th!
They accept novel entries, short stories and short short stories - all must be unpublished elsewhere. Word maximum is 8,000. . . .
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September 14, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
The following sentence is from an actual newspaper column. I swear it! I changed the street and city names to protect the innocent.
"Although the Main St. home was almost across the street from the . . .
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September 27, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
We, at Women Who Write, are ecstatic you are here!
Post often! We enjoy poetry (also see this group - if link didn't mind, see here: http://womenwhowrite.gather.com/) and any thoughts . . .
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September 19, 2007 09:36 PM EDT --
I've had many discussions with writers about whether they outline their novels before beginning them.
One friend, a man who has penned (and had published) over seventy Westerns, never outlines beyond . . .
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September 20, 2007 01:12 PM EDT --
Friends, friends, friends!!!
I found a super Web site today. It's location is www.mediabistro.com.
If you already freelance for magazines OR wish to begin, visit media bistro and look at the "How . . .
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September 21, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
Hello, ladies!
I came across a neat looking contest for women writers on the internet.
Thought I'd share. http://www.awomanswrite.com/
They address "Women who write, literary ladies, fabulous . . .
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