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How to Write a Compelling Story

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What makes a story interesting? Hasn’t every original idea already been taken? Trying to write an interesting story seems impossible when so many books have been written, and if you’re at the start of your literary career (or trying to start your next book!), you might be daunted by the task of originality. In other […]

6 Things to Know Before Taking a Creative Nonfiction Course

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Taking a creative nonfiction course online is a great way to improve your writing, or even just to hold yourself accountable to writing creative nonfiction. If you haven’t taken creative nonfiction online classes before, though, it can be difficult to know if a particular creative nonfiction writing class is the right fit for you. In […]

What is Form in Poetry? 10 Poetic Forms to Try

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Poets have played with form since the dawn of poetry, resulting in the countless forms of poetry that we writers have at our disposal. Understanding most forms is easy, but if you plan on mastering poetry forms and structure, you need to know your poetic history. This article covers everything a poet should know about […]

How to Read Prose: Close Reading Strategies for Prose Writers

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In this article, we’ll give you strategies to begin reading prose like a writer. We’ll discuss applying close reading strategies to prose: that is, to anything that isn’t written in verse, from short stories to novels to memoirs and more. This article is third in our series on how to read like a writer—in other […]

How to Set SMART Writing Goals for 2021

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Happy New Year! As 2020 comes to a close, many of us are looking ahead to our writing lives in 2021—especially if we’re including writing goals in our list of New Year’s Resolutions. Here’s a bit of concise advice for the goal-setting creative writer in each of us. If You Want to Include Writing in […]

How to Read Poetry Like a Poet

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Poetry is the densest and richest use of language there is, and learning how to read poetry is an art in itself. Learning how to read poetry like a poet—to not only feel the impact of poetry but to have a sense of the craft elements that make that impact possible—even more so. Reading poetry like […]

How to Read Like a Writer

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One of the first things I learned in a fiction writing workshop was the phrase “reading like a writer.” The term was popularized by Francine Prose’s work of the same name. Learning how to read like a writer is crucial, because a writer’s work involves continuous growth and change. Reading like a writer is a […]

Commonly Misspelled Words: Working with Homophones

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Pull out your edition of Strunk’s Elements of Style, because it’s time to talk about a major headache for English writers: commonly misspelled words. The English language lacks uniform spelling patterns, so many words are easy to confuse and misspell—especially most commonly misused homophones. Homophones are two words which sound similar but have different meanings. […]
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