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Tag: tips for new writers

  • Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2020Thursday, November 12, 2020
  • by Ehsaneh

Ehsaneh’s Advice for New Writers

Today’s topic is Tips For New Writers. Here are four suggestions based on things I did (or wish I’d done!)…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2020
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

Don’t Be Like Me (What Not to Do) – AKA Tips for New Writers

When I started writing my first book in 2015, I didn’t know a single person who wrote. I also didn’t…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2019Tuesday, November 19, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

New writers: It’s okay to start somewhere.

At the beginning, it’s perfectly okay to have no idea what you’re doing. It’s okay to spend hours at a…

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  • Posted on Monday, November 26, 2018Sunday, November 25, 2018
  • by K.A. Doore

(Almost) Everything I Know About Writing I Learned from Fanfiction

I spent a fair amount of my youth writing dense, novel-length, & character-driven fanfiction (henceforth referred to as fanfic) until…

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