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How the Publishing Industry Should Work

How the Publishing Industry Should Work

The publishing industry has been around for quite some time. Nowadays, the advent of self-publishing pushes against traditional publishing, but indie publishing has only created a tiny dent. We still live in a world that is dominated by the traditional publishing industry. I think there is a good reason for that at this time. But […]

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Setting Aside Time to Write

Setting Aside Time to Write

Lisa Dordal gives the specific piece of advice that writers should sets aside a specific day for reading and writing instead of trying to write every day. I don’t think this is just a piece of writing advice, but a piece of advice we can apply across all types of platforms. Today, on How to

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Building Yourself Up to the Writing Process

Building Yourself Up to the Writing Process

Denis Johnson gives the advice that you should build yourself up to the actual act of writing. Johnson does this by what he calls “tinkering.” He takes time to play around with specific things within his writing, whether that be the voice a a character, dialogue, setting, etc. . . On Today’s episode of How

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