Deirdre McCloskey on Writing
One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is Deirdre McCloskey’s Economical Writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing. McCloskey is an economist by training, ...Writing the Earth: SEJ in ROA
The choice of breakout sessions later on Sunday morning will include presentations on sense of place in environmental writing, natural history and travel writing, and writing about science and the environment. ... Dialogue Writing Tips
George agrees that “in the most basic kinds of writing, dialogue serves the interests of moving the story forwards.” She believes, too, that better writing involves dialogue that contributes to characterisation, where “what [a ... Cake Writing 201: "Congratulations"
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, considering you each barely scraped through Cake Writing 101 - yes, even you, Doug, so stop looking so superior. How you all expect to be professional cake decorators when you can't even spell the ... National Novel Writing Month
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved. ... Weekend Link Love And Writing Project Roundup
This week marks a second successful group writing project for The Finance Blog Network. This project’s topic were our predictions for the fourth quarter where each participant was asked to predict a number of events relating to the ... Do the people writing word processors write?
Okay, I’ll grant that I tend to write my prose either into a web window (like now; I’m composing directly into WordPress) or for most basic drafts I write in EMACS and move the text in. But there is one kind of prose, namely fiction, ... Linda Joy Myers Interview
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., MFT, is the founder and president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and author of the award-winning book, Don't Call Me Mother. Writing about vampires and other things
On Saturday her subject was Sovay, and writing historical novels, and the room was full of girls. I was a little scared of meeting Celia afterwards, but she is really lovely. I adore her books, and would have wanted to bring all of them ... Writers' Rituals - Ken Kuhlken
Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Mystery writer Ken Kuhlken shares the secrets of his approach to writing, from idea to execution.
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