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Writing Rules Are For Shit
So on an agent blog this morning someone had written in to talk about how “bad” J.K. Rowling’s writing is. I’ll note that they failed to mark the two times in her Harry Potter books she used a really strange … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, bestselling writers are not bad writers no matter what you want to think, i hate critique groups, writing, writing rules
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Critiques
Back to sharing all the posts I’ve bookmarked and have yet to share on here…This one is from the indomitable Janet Reid. Another blog that I’ve pretty much followed since I found it. And, anyone who ever thinks of querying … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Writing
Tagged being a writer, confidence, critique groups, writing, writing rules
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Some Useful Bibs and Bobs
(Bibs and bobs? What can I say. Every once in a while I pretend I’m from somewhere else…Poorly.) So, I have a few random links to share that I thought might be useful to folks. First, do you write inspirational … Continue reading
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Tagged a post that's not about me!, being a writer, Books & Such blog, Hayden Trenholm blog, inspirational romance books needed, loneliness, read a book you hate, writing, writing rules
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Rules suck
There should be one rule for writing (and living your life): If it works, do it. If it doesn’t, don’t. Of course, many people have come before us and they’ve learned a few tricks here or there. Like second person … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, I should be writing but I went for a hike instead and now decided to do a blog post, Kat Goodwin blog, rules suck, Stephen Fry speech, Upworthy.com, writing, writing rules
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