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I love this: After you learn to write your whole object is to convey everything, every sensation, sight, feeling, place and emotion to the reader. Ah, brilliant! More more! LOVE this. Then comes … this: To do this you have to work over what you write. That’s… editing! Aaaaaauuuuuugh!!!

As further  proof that Americans and Canadians are two people separated by a common language, I offer this, in the season of Christmas. Jenny, a Canadian, and I, a ‘Merican, were having a conversation in which she proffered that (above) alleged compliment. So I will put it to you. I’m not sure I regard any […]

Our grandmas knew some stuff we didn’t, and they did things in a different way. When I was a kid, my grandma always bought me underwear as a Christmas present – which, considering we would have all our cousins, uncles, aunts, and brothers and sisters over at our house on Christmas morning to open presents, […]

I was pretty sure J. K.  Rowling was over hyped until I read one of her books. Now I’m taking you through examples of her great storytelling methods you can role model in your writing, using Rowling’s Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets as a reference. Follow along as I tell you what I […]

I was pretty sure J. K.  Rowling was over hyped as a “great” writer – until I read one of her books. Now I’m taking you through examples of great storytelling methods you can role model in your writing, using Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets as a reference. Follow along as I tell you […]

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