List: Writerly Advice (other writers) | Curated by Steve Fendt

Nov 16, 2023
22 stories
Writerly Advice (other writers)Advice for writers that a cynical old pro recommends
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The Unschool for Writers
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Alison Acheson
Writers: Forget One-Dimensional Character Worksheets!“Inter-lands” — a new way —
Nov 7, 2023
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Nov 7, 2023
3
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The Unschool for Writers
by
Alison Acheson
Freytag’s Pyramid, Fiction, and ForgivenessAn alternative to the triangle from third grade
Oct 19, 2023
2
Oct 19, 2023
2
In
Ellemeno
by
Christopher Robin
Stop Creating “Content” and Make Something BeautifulArt is creation, not consumption
Apr 20, 2023
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Apr 20, 2023
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ILLUMINATION
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Geri Spieler
How I landed My Literary AgentTips You Can Use
Sep 24, 2022
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Sep 24, 2022
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In
Blue Insights
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Thomas Plummer
Beyond the Aspiring WriterThe steps to becoming a professional writer
Nov 18, 2022
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Nov 18, 2022
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ILLUMINATION
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Ira Robinson
Top Writing Advisors Giving Contradictory Info is HilariousI see it from all the big players.
Jun 19, 2022
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Jun 19, 2022
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Geoffrey Gevalt
NaNoWriMo is a waste of timeIntentions good, but it breeds bad habits with misguided goals.
Oct 24, 2022
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Oct 24, 2022
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Curated Newsletters
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Daniel Lee
Automatic WritingWhat is it and how to do it
Jul 18, 2022
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Jul 18, 2022
6
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The Writing Cooperative
by
Margery Bayne
Why Writers Should Reread (and Rewrite) As They GoA contradictory piece of advice against the common creative writing adage
Jul 27, 2022
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Jul 27, 2022
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Geoffrey Gevalt
The Art of the InterviewGood narrative non-fiction comes from your ability to get people to talk and tell you something new.
Jun 23, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
2
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Blue Insights
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Thomas Plummer
Writing Was My Path to Financial FreedomLearn from the mistakes I have made in my long writing career
Jul 22, 2022
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Jul 22, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Anna Murray
The Writing Advice ‘Show Don’t Tell’ Is WrongWhy it’s time to ditch this old adage and tell away
Feb 25, 2022
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Feb 25, 2022
36
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The Writing Cooperative
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Geoffrey Gevalt
Four Ways to Build CommunityOnline writing communities are hard to create, but the effort is worth it.
Apr 25, 2022
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Apr 25, 2022
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Hayden Moore
Through the Mists of Fantasy: Reality of Imagined WorldsFor fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it’s true. Children know that. Adults know it too and that’s precisely why many of…
Mar 25, 2022
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Mar 25, 2022
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Geoffrey Gevalt
Procrastination is your friendI am writing a novel. My first. I am now deep into my second draft. But it has been a rough step to get to this point, to respond to kind…
Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
by
Alison Acheson
Do You Need to Trademark that Perfect Name for Your Newsletter?Before someone else does?
Feb 9, 2022
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Feb 9, 2022
3
In
Literary Impulse
by
Carolyn Hastings
Tammy’s Haven of Colour and ThimblesA vignette
Jan 30, 2022
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Jan 30, 2022
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David B. Clear
Don’t Be Stupid — Post Your Words on More Than One PlatformMake the content creation platforms compete for us (the writers)
Nov 13, 2021
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Nov 13, 2021
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