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New-Writer Blues & Clues: April 2014
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Friday, April 25, 2014. Tips on Italics or Quotation Marks for Titles. It can be confusing to know what to do with titles when you include them in a manuscript or article. Here’s a guide you can copy and keep on hand. Works of Art – Quotation Marks. Television and Radio Episodes – Quotation Marks. Television Shows and Movies – Italics. Song Titles – Quotation Marks. Short Stories – Quotation Marks. Ships, Trains, Airplanes, Spacecraft (names of) – Italics. Plays – Italics.
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: December 2014
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Monday, December 22, 2014. Some Facts about Working with an Editor. If you’ve never worked with an editor and you’re wondering things like what’s involved, how much it will cost, how long it will take, and other such aspects, here are some helpful facts for you to know. First, it’s important that you understand what an editor can and should do for you and your manuscript, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, which includes memoir. Working with an Editor. And, each writer has a...
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: March 2014
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Writing Times of Day. If you find you need to include times of day in your fiction, non-fiction, or memoir writing, it helps to know how to do this right. When you use numerals, you follow them with am or pm You can leave am and pm as lowercase letters, which The Chicago Manual of Style. Recommends, but some publishers may prefer to use small caps ( am. Use uppercase (am / pm). If you use am / pm,. Do not also use morning. Do not use o’clock. I’...
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: Setting the Scene: Fiction and Non-Fiction (and Memoirs)
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Monday, October 20, 2014. Setting the Scene: Fiction and Non-Fiction (and Memoirs). Scene setting, whether that’s for fiction or non-fiction, which includes memoir, is all-important to give readers a sense of time and place as they read. And, you want to provide setting early in each scene or segment, and as you go. Here’s a two-paragraph example of first-person fiction from best-selling author James Lee Burke (indents removed for my publishing purposes):. On their way to.
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: March 2015
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Friday, March 27, 2015. What Reading Does for Writers. How gratifying it is to read a book that grabs your interest from the start and keeps you turning pages. Such books cause you to forget you’re reading; you become fully engaged with the story and characters. The movie in your mind is fluid. No matter the genre, such an experience is pure bliss for readers. What does this have to do with what reading does for writers? Observe how good writers develop plot, how they set pace...
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: How One New Writer Became a Best-Selling Author
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Monday, October 13, 2014. How One New Writer Became a Best-Selling Author. There’s a PBS program called Well Read. It’s certainly worth it for book lovers. You learn about favorite and unknown-to-you authors and discover books you can hardly wait to read. And ordered it, which is how I found his comments I’ve shared below. I grew up in peaceful. There was a slight problem: my life to date. By 22, I hadn't engaged in a bullfight. I'd not kept a mistress or been kept by one&...
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: August 2014
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Friday, August 29, 2014. How to Develop Strong Characters. People fall in love with novels because of the characters. With over time, and what makes characters real to readers. Here’s a guide you can use for such sketches:. Character’s name (make sure it fits the personality):. Occupation (including unemployed) and/or sideline:. Gender (this could also include sexual preference):. Hair (color, length, cut or style, balding, bald):. Body (athletic, lean, heavy, obese, flabby, c...
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New-Writer Blues & Clues: Some Facts about Working with an Editor
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New-Writer Blues and Clues. Monday, December 22, 2014. Some Facts about Working with an Editor. If you’ve never worked with an editor and you’re wondering things like what’s involved, how much it will cost, how long it will take, and other such aspects, here are some helpful facts for you to know. First, it’s important that you understand what an editor can and should do for you and your manuscript, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, which includes memoir. Working with an Editor. And, each writer has a...