Featuring: Terrah Cooper Pena Hello Writers, I will be creating several blog posts featuring members of my Facebook Group, The Ins and Outs of Novel Writing. I’m calling it The Time is Write Spotlight. The purpose is twofold. I’d like the members of the group to get to know each…
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Win a Prize and Winning Story Will be Featured on Several Social Media Platforms Hello, Writing Family, It’s time for the next short story contest. Put your thinking caps on and get out your favorite notebook and pen. You know you have them. I’m going to ask you to stretch…
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"You don't start out writing the good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence." ~ Octavia E. Butler
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With a Free Worksheet In this post, at the bottom, I’ve included a free worksheet for you. I noticed that I tend to slack off in my writing at times and while I try to show and not tell, I sometimes show with only two senses, sight and sound. I’ve…
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Don McCann & his story, “Stalking Stockings” His story was based on prompt #3, “Start your story with a sentence that is genuinely happy and upbeat, no double meanings. End it with the same sentence, but this time it’s chilling, dark, horrifying.” Give his story a read. It’s intriguing and…
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We all need help every now and then I’ve found a few free or low cost writing resources to be invaluable in helping me advance and grow my writing chops. Some of what I’ve found are free, some are a few dollars, but worth it. 1. Reedsy- www.reedsy.com Reedsy is…
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Here you go, wordsmiths. It’s time to put your passion for the written word to use once again. Below you’ll find 3 Short Story Writing Prompts. Choose the one you lilke and here are the rules: Short Story Contest Rules: Choose one prompt Story must be between 1,000 – 3,000…
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"Editing is like killing your story and then very slowly bringing it back to life." ~Jean Oram
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And How to Get Them So, what makes a good book? Why do some books bore you to tears and others you can’t put down? I’m sure there are innumerable answers to that question. Of course there is an awful lot that has to go into a novel, but to…
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Hello Writing Family, I thought I’d do something fun for this post. I’m going to give you a challenge. Here’s a chance for you to wipe the dust off your pen and notebook and put them to use. I’ll give you three writing prompts below from which to choose. You’ll…
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