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Say That – Don’t Say That (7 Games to Play to Avoid Going Insane During a...

Over the years, we’ve developed a number of techniques to take some of the pain out of the rewrite process. It’s inevitably going to be a little painful,  because you have to confront the fact that...

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The 5 Hurdles To Any Writing Project (Hurdle #2: Defining Your Parameters)

OK, maybe you had some trouble getting started, but now you’re beginning to generate material. Or maybe you’re a natural generator, or even an over-producer, and you have too much material. Is it all...

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WSAT – The Writing Skills Aptitude Test

“Find out who you are. Then do it on purpose.” 
- Dolly Parton What’s that? You say you have certain natural strengths as a writer? You want to choose Projects that play to your strengths – or develop...

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For Writing Out Loud: 12 or 13 Reasons to Perform Your Writing

“The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” – George Jessel Maybe, in your mind, you’re exclusively a...

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Word Angeles! The LA Spoken Word / Personal Essay / Storytelling Scene...

These days, you can’t throw a rock in LA without hitting some kind of word event. Theaters, clubs and restaurants are all hosting shows where people read their personal essay and/or tell their story –...

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How To Be A Writer Who Writes – Get Chapter 1 Free!

“No matter what stage you’re at in the writing process, writing guru Greg Miller’s How to Be a Writer Who Writes will inspire you, make you laugh and generally give you the kick in the tush all we...

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“How To Be A Writer Who Writes”– Now Available On Kindle!

“No matter what stage you’re at in the writing process, writing guru Greg Miller’s How to Be a Writer Who Writes will inspire you, make you laugh and generally give you the kick in the tush all we...

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What’s the Pitch? 1-Day Intensive Pitching Workshop in LA

Your ‘pitch’ is a crucial element to selling any project, even if you’ve already written and/or produced it. You’re going to have to pitch your idea to producers, directors, executives, editors,...

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What Book Editors (Tell Literary Agents They) Want

Find out what major publishers like Da Capo, Pargrave Macmillian, Basic Books, Times Books, New American Library and others say they’re looking for in this article by literary agents Andrew Lownie....

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The Science of Productivity

This cute (and short) animated article from brainpickings.org backs up a lot of things I’ve been telling clients for years about how to be more productive. Of course, I didn’t realize I was working...

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Kurt Vonnegut on the Shape of Stories

Kurt Vonnegut’s (rejected) master’s thesis in Anthropology looked at the structure of stories told in different cultures, a topic he lectured on frequently. Here’s an illustrated transcript of a...

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12 Things That Can Increase Your Productivity

12 Things That Can Increase Your Productivity It’s not all in your mind. Writing takes place in the material world and there are things you can do that materially affect your output. 1....

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7 Ways to Generate Material Without Having to Stare at a Blank Page / Screen

“A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” — Sidney Sheldon For many writers, producing words from thin air, an empty page or blank screen, seems like an...

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11 Ways of Writing Without Writing: Turn Procrastination into Productivity

“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.” — Jean Cocteau Sometimes you just can’t focus on gathering, planning or drafting your project. There are other ways to move your project...

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Billy Wilder on What It Takes to be a Writer Who Writes

You may have heard of him or seen some of his movies like, oh, for instance, “Some Like It Hot”, “Sunset Blvd.”, “The Lost Weekend” and “The Apartment”. No shock: he’s just as delightful as the films!...

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12 Stories That Almost Always Work

If you are looking for a story to tell, or have elements for your project, but are still searching for a genre, format, spine or central storyline, consider one of the following perennially-popular...

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5 or 6 Guidelines for File Management (Yes, Really!)

I’ve worked with lots of aspiring and beginning writers and one of the biggest stumbling blocks to their creativity is simple mundane disorganization. They can’t find the latest revisions they made to...

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Do It Yourself e-Publishing 101: A Report From the Trenches on the Thrill,...

I knew from the start that I wanted to self-publish my new book “How To Be A Writer Who Writes” as a digital e-book. No publisher was going to give me an advance on a how-to book about writing so I...

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19 Ways to Increase Your Drafting Productivity

I’m sure you feel your writing isn’t going fast enough. This is an almost universal complaint of almost all writers in almost every project. Here are a few ways to pick up the pace: 1....

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Self-Published Success Story: Amanda Hocking

Amanda Hocking started writing, and self-publishing, fantasy fiction as a teenager in Minnesota. After she proved her own market, traditional publisher St. Martin’s gave her a $2 million deal. She...

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