Category: Craft
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Judging a Writing Contest
Last year, I had been invited to enter the annual James River Writers, “Best Unpublished Novel” contest. I had strongly considered submitting my manuscript, but I knew what trusted friends confirmed: it wasn’t ready for the looming deadline. A day or so after deciding not to enter, I was then invited to judge the same…
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Bad Writing Documentary
I came across a trailer for a documentary titled, Bad Writing. Have you seen it? What did you think? I usually don’t see documentaries.
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Plot versus Character Driven Story
Apropos my recent writing group meeting, I had described my novel in progress as character-driven.
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Writing Show: Scene and Subtext
I attended June’s Writing Show. It centered on writing compelling plays.