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7 Writing Rules You Can Ignore

By: Chuck Sambuchino | December 9, 2016 | Comments 5

When I say you can ignore these rules, I don’t mean that you should. These “truisms” floating around about writing are useful to think about, especially when you’re starting out, and they can point you to weaknesses in your work. In the end, though, you have to trust your own process....

10 Lessons Learned: Confessions of a Covert Freelance Writer

By: Adrienne Crezo | April 4, 2014 | Comments 2

BY ??? — You don’t know my name. You don’t know my face. But it’s now several decades since I earned my first farthings by putting words in some sort of publishable order … at last tabulation, now some 3,000,000 in print, and still counting. I’ve produced novels, nonfiction books, fiction...

Writing Rules: 10 Experts Take on the Writer’s Rulebook

By: Jessica Strawser | February 13, 2012 | Comments 2

Is it always better to show than tell? Do you really have to write every day? Experts prove there's merit in both playing by the book and staging a writing rebellion.

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7 Writing Rules You Can Ignore

10 Lessons Learned: Confessions of a Covert Freelance Writer

Writing Rules: 10 Experts Take on the Writer’s Rulebook