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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Script Frenzy: Coming Your Way in April
If you like to set big writing goals and then dive in, you might want to check out the Script Frenzy event that runs April 1-30. Script Frenzy is an annual event sponsored by the nonprofit organization the Office of Letters and Light to encourage creative writing. The goal is to write 100 pages of …
The Rules Disease
Writing Rules Anyone who seriously tackles the craft of writing is likely to have encountered a writing rule, like “Show, Don’t Tell,” or “Never Begin a Sentence with a Conjunction.” “Don’t Split Infinitives” and “Never Head Hop” are also popular. The granddaddy of all of them, “Omit Needless Words,” is deliciously self-explanatory … but the …
A Writing Group Poem
Hi everyone, Here’s a little poem I wrote during Tuesday night’s writing group: There’s a writing group I’ve come to know, That meets on Tuesday night. They get together and form a group, They sit down and they write. Fables, fiction, memories, And stories all are told. Such a range of story characters, Tall, short, young, and old. …
Doing Medical Research as an Author
I’m a technical writer, but I also write books for families who are coping with children’s medical issues (The Parents’ Guide to Clubfoot and The Parents’ Guide to Hip Dysplasia). If you’re a writer who is researching a medical topic, it’s important to find accurate, reliable sources of information. I often start with the National …