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Writers Workshop – Writing Lesson on Passive Voice
“Source: To Become A Writer”If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know I wrote one called Indie Writers Miss Golden Opportunity. I talk a lot about learning to write, so I thought I would do...
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Writers Workshop – How To Avoid Writing Cliches
“Source: To Become A Writer”I was recently reading some reviews on a book by an indie author and I was struck by how many reviewers said the author was writing clichés. This was a mystery novel and...
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“Source: To Become A Writer”Character development in fiction is a critical part of making a story come alive. Create great characters and readers will keep turning pages. Create poorly developed...
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Writers Workshop – Show Don’t Tell And The Godfather
“Source: To Become A Writer”I love The Godfather – both the book and the movie. For a variety of reasons, both are near perfect examples of storytelling. I thought since it’s the 40th anniversary of...
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Writers Workshop – Editing And The Godfather
“Source: To Become A Writer”As I continue my series on the writers workshop and The Godfather, I’m going to take a look at editing. Ah, editing, the one thing many writers hate. And for good reason....
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Writers Workshop – A Great Beginning And The Godfather
“Source: To Become A Writer”In this Writers Workshop post I am focusing on a great beginning (if you missed it, read my last post, Writers Workshop – Editing And The Godfather). The first line or two...
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Writers Workshop – A Great Ending And The Godfather
“Source: To Become A Writer”I’m wrapping up my Writers Workshop series with a focus on a great ending. I’ve been using The Godfather as an example and this post is no different. I wrote a post about...
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Writers Workshop – Repetition, Repetition
“Source: To Become A Writer”This Writers Workshop post is about repetition in your prose. I decided to post about this because of a show I recently saw called Bamazon. A piece of the writing I found...
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Writers Workshop – Oops, My Participle Is Dangling
“Source: To Become A Writer”This Writers Workshop post is covering a pesky, irksome thing called the dangling participle, or dangling modifier. Now, I can just hear some of you grumbling…you hate...
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