Perhaps you think your story is universal and could take place anytime, anywhere. Or you’re writing about something that has happened in

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In a letter to the editor Pascal Covici, John Steinbeck mentions how a nameless, faceless, generalized audience will scare you to death.

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Writing strong setting is a skill that, when honed, can help make your work sing. Time, place, mood, social and cultural context

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Showing vs. telling is one of the most common pieces of advice a writer will hear. It’s heard so often that one

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In this episode, authors and editors Marie Beswick-Arthur and Amie McCracken explore the delicate balance between showing and telling in writing, revealing

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Story has been wired into the architecture of our brains for hundreds of thousands of years. We think in story. We come

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