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C.L. Polk
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I wrote short stories when I first started writing. Short stories were the way you started your writing career, back in the days when manuscripts were printed in Courier New,
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okay so part of being an SFF writer is that you are often invited to speak at panel discussions with other writers at conventions and I cannot help but feel
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oh dearsomeone has a hot take about the business of writing todayand i have thoughts about that specific take, which i have heard before, but i need to make coffee
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All rightAustin did a thing, and as you might predict, while some people are saying "right on!" others are pearl clutching over how housing poor people creates a crime inferno
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1. play it close to the chest. don't tell your book idea to a group of strangers to get their opinion. they will give it to you, and there's a
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someone in a writing discord asked if said/says is distracting. i announced that i had an answer, but it was a long one.so. dialogue attribution. HOW DOin this essay i
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For no reason at all, I am reminded of some people who critiqued the initial opening of Witchmark.More than one person told me to change my opening scene, where Miles
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1. lack of protagonist agency.I'm one of those people who gets the plot first, and then has to bolt on a character to do the plot. this is an awkward
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When I'm writing a novel and I stall out because something is *wrong* and I don't know what's wrong, it's probably one or more of these things: 1. lack of
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This thread might have some of you feeling upset. or scared. or hurting, or angry, or questioning.I'm really, really sorry about that. I want you to take care of yourself.
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Do you know what it's like to be love-bombed? have you had this experience before?It's super effective, because it makes you feel good. It makes you feel appreciated and special
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I see that some people are floundering at the prospect of not being able to ask anyone out if they're "not allowed" to corner, grope, make lewd propositions or manhandle
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