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Writing What You Don’t Know

Posted by Rachel on October 5, 2015 in current event, musings, writing |

Lately there’s been a lot of chatter about what people can/should write…or not. I’ve expressed my feelings before about writing what you love, and loving what you write so this subject seemed like something I should blog about. TL;DR: My opinion is pretty simple: write what you want to write. Put in the time, effort, […]

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What I Wish I Knew

Posted by Rachel on September 18, 2015 in audience, characters, discovery, musings, writing, writing tips |

I was brainstorming what to blog and thought putting together some writing resources might be helpful. Since I’m certain that’s been done before, the idea quickly morphed into more of a “what I wish I knew” when I was writing my first query-able novel. Hindsight is always 20/20, but maybe this post can help people […]

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Types of Writers

Posted by Rachel on August 31, 2015 in characters, description, dialogue, emotion, musings, outline, planning, plot, romance, structure, voice, writing |

It’s back to school time and I was thinking about that cafeteria map from Mean Girls and how it sort of relates to writing. Not the whole labeled cliques thing because we’re all one big, wordy family, but just that there are different types of writers. Everyone’s got a different way of writing and sometimes […]

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Flash Fiction: The Secret

Posted by Rachel on August 13, 2015 in description, dialogue, emotion, writer's sketch, writing |

I’d always been told to keep it to myself. Keep it locked away. What might happen if it fell into the wrong hands? I didn’t want to know. That could be catastrophic. A disaster great enough to dissolve worlds and destroy life as I knew it. Securing the door–all eight locks–I made sure nothing could […]

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