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5 Ways Not to Write a Novel

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/201002/5-ways-not-write-novel

Writing a novel? There's first-draft flow, and there's editing flow. And then there comes a time when you think you might be done, yet the manuscript is still not quite "there." To sell your work to an agent, and then to a publisher, and finally to a great many readers, put thoughts of flow aside now, and consider the following advice. Each of the guides mentioned is worthy of your careful attention. , such as "Danielle was a woman of medium height with brown hair and brown eyes."

How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method

How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers

Nerd Paradise : How to Write a 20 Page Research Paper in Under a Day

http://www.nerdparadise.com/litcomp/silly/20pagepaper

Posted on: 10 Cado 7:0 - 5.27.29 So you've procrastinated again.

The challenge is to be oneself. —Derek Raymond Unhook

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12 Timeless Writing Tips from Mark Twain

When you’re first learning to write as a student , it can seem overwhelming that there are so many things you need to know and so few things with which you have any real experience.

An alternate title for this post might be, “Things I Think About Writing,” which is to say, these are random snidbits (snippets + tidbits) of beliefs I hold about what it takes to be a writer.

25 Things Every Writer Should Know

25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer

When George Plimpton asked Ernest Hemingway what the best training for an aspiring writer would be in a 1954 interview , Hem replied, “Let’s say that he should go out and hang himself because he finds that writing well is impossibly difficult. Then he should be cut down without mercy and forced by his own self to write as well as he can for the rest of his life. At least he will have the story of the hanging to commence with.”

Note to readers: I originally published the article back in 2008 and have updated it a few times, most recently on June 13, 2012.