Category: Craft of Writing

Writing Cabin Not Required
August 6, 2014 No Responses

Writing Cabin Not Required

Uninterrupted blocks of time are a requirement of any serious practice, but author Lev Grossman cautions against falling for the romantic notion that a writer needs to live in self-imposed exile to create great work. Visit BuzzFeed to read his...
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UNC Writing Center Handouts
August 4, 2014 No Responses

UNC Writing Center Handouts

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill maintains a list of writing-related, instructional handouts on its website: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/   Overview of Handouts [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0″] Writing the Paper Argumen...
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Murder Your Darlings
January 15, 2014 No Responses

Murder Your Darlings

Origins Most writers know the phrase “murder your darlings” or “kill your darlings” that advises deleting what Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch called extraneous ornamentation. Deliberate or not, such self-indulgent writing draws attention to s...
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June 4, 2013 No Responses

Style Sheet for Your Manuscript

Literary agent Rachelle Gardner offers good advice for keeping track of style, setting, names, and preferred spelling. See Rachelle Gardner’s article “How to Create a Style Sheet for Your Manuscript.” http://www.rachellegardner.com/2013/06/cr...
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