Latest Contest Information Writer Advice’s FLASH FICTION Contest 2019 Flash Fiction Submission Information WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction running 750 words or less. Open our eyes. Help us see the world as your characters do. Finalists receive responses from all judges. Everyone receives a detailed response from award-winning author B. Lynn Goodwin. What is Flash Fiction? For Writer
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“Beware of advice. Even this.” ~~Carl Sandburg Advice from Flash Contest Judges You’re on your 7th draft of the perfect Flash Fiction Story—you hope. Will the judges like it? You’re too familiar to know, your writing partner has given her feedback, and besides, isn’t the whole thing subjective? Yes and
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“There are no mistakes–only new material.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Writing Tips We’ll start with these five basic ideas and build the writing tips page regularly. Look at these when you feel stuck. Send me your suggestions. You’ll get credit. 1. Depending on the story, either write from the heart or write
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Writing Advice – Volume 19 Number 2
WRITING ADVICE FROM FLASH PROSE EXPERTS Last year I asked our finalists what tips they’d give to those who wanted to improve their flash fiction. Here’s a collection of what they said: From Corrie Adams, author of our winner, “Iceburg Season” Waste no words. Everything should do double duty. For example, dialogue should written
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Writing Advice – Volume 20 Number 3
10 Tips on Writing from Joyce Carol Oates Collected BY MARIA POPOVA for Brain Pickings,https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/07/19/joyce-carol-oates-10-tips-on-writing/ In a recent tweeting spree, the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates offered ten tips on writing — a fine addition to this master-list of famous authors’ wisdom on the craft. 1. Write your heart out.2. The first sentence can
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Writing Advice – Volume 21 Number 2
WHY I WRITE: FASCINATING QUOTES FROM FAMOUS AUTHORS found on Aerogram Studioswww.aerogramstudios.com “Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself…It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.” ~~Harper Lee “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what
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Questions and Tons of Advice An interview with Meredith Maran by B. Lynn Goodwin Meredith Maran is a prolific, lifelong writer. Recently she edited a collection called WHY WE WRITE ABOUT OURSELVES: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature. Anthologies appeal to those who seek diverse
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Writing Advice – Volume 21 Number 4
Writing Advice: What an Editor Looks For An interview with Lynn Yvonne Moon by B. Lynn Goodwin When I submitted Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62 to Koehler Books, www.koehlerbooks.com, the acquisitions editor who read it was Lynn Moon. She’d been a finalist in Writer Advice’s 2015 Flash Fiction Contest, and
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26 Writing Tips to Help You Write Like the Pros The following is an excerpt from Ajinkya Goyal’s piece, which can be found here: airborneorange.com/36-writing-tips. As a blogger, writing is no doubt an integral part of your life. Be it fiction, or non-fiction, the quality of your writing should never dip below brilliant. You would no doubt have noticed that you
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Share Your Opinions: Why Book Reviews Matter and How You Can Help Written by B. Lynn Goodwin and originally published on Amber Starfire’s Writing Through Life, https://writingthroughlife.com/ Whether you’re an author or not, one of the kindest gifts you can give to any writer is a constructive honest review. It doesn’t have to be long
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Incredible Writing Retreats to Attend in 2016 This is excerpted from a piece by Susan Shain. It originally appeared on December 22, 2015 at The Write Life, http://thewritelife.com/writing-retreats/ Do you dream of getting away to write, but need some guidance on the next steps for your novel? Want to meet and work with
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10 Questions To Help You Distinguish Voices By B. Lynn Goodwin In the Independent Study class I teach for Story Circle Network, people ask all kinds of questions. This term one person was concerned that all her characters sounded the same. I had her find objectives, obstacles, and strategies to overcome those
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