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Feb.09.2013
If the world ended tomorrow, would you be happy with what you’d written today or do you secretly long to be a different kind of writer – if the latter, what do you plan to do about it?
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Feb.08.2013
Aristotle taught that a climax should be at once surprising and inevitable – do you think you could manage to be Aristotelian?
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Feb.06.2013
Always put off until tomorrow what you can put off until tomorrow if it would interfere with your writing today.
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Feb.05.2013
Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest places: “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” ~ Richard M. Nixon
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Feb.04.2013
Some people will insist that your main character must be instantly likable and sympathetic but I’m guessing those people never encountered Scarlett O’Hara or Ebenezer Scrooge?
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Feb.01.2013
If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then the enemy of the em dash is the ellipsis – you figure it out...
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Jan.31.2013
Agents at conferences are not benevolent gods and goddesses there to perform charitable acts out of the kindness of their hearts; rather, they are businesspeople, like you, looking to make what they hope will be profitable connections, so behave accordingly, no kowtowing necessary.
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Jan.30.2013
It’s important to set daily goals but when talking to other writers, try not to get into a pissing match over who produced more words or pages that day; it’s not a contest and, in some things, size does not matter.
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Jan.29.2013
Try to remember, when a friend or relative cheerily says, “Well, at least you know one person will buy your book!” that person is not trying to twist the knife in your side.
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Jan.27.2013
I don’t know about you but I’m not planning on living forever so I don’t have time for nonsense.
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Jan.26.2013
Knowing what you don’t know is half the battle; OK, maybe not half, but it’s something.
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Jan.25.2013
If today was bad, all you need to do is get up tomorrow morning to have the chance to do things better.
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Jan.24.2013
Being kind to others is more important than anything you will ever write.
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About Lauren
Before becoming a published novelist, I was an independent bookseller and buyer, a Publishers Weekly reviewer, a freelance editor, and a window washer. My first book was published in 2003 and by the end of 2012, I will have had 28 books published. My most...
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