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Ending With a (Satisfied) Flourish By Tere Michaels

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I am a connoisseur of endings. I read reviews for series—books, television, and movie franchises—when they end, so I can gauge whether or not the fans were satisfied. I find it fascinating. Even if I’ve never read or seen …

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Create Comfortably: 5 Steps to Find Your Ideal Writing Space by Mary DeSantis

Writing is tough. Rough drafts are even tougher. You’re creating something from scratch—pulling it out of your imagination and making it real on the page. Maybe you have an outline or some genre expectations to follow, but really, it’s like cooking without a recipe. You just have to throw things in the pot and rely …

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Writing a ‘Great’ Mystery Short Story by Steve Shrott

We all want to write great short stories. A tale that will be lauded by the experts for generations and bring us awards and speaking engagements and perhaps (when they get around to creating it,) The Nobel Peace Prize for Mystery Short Story Writing. But before all the above can occur (especially The Nobel Peace …

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Keeping the Storyteller and the Writer Happy By Tere Michaels

Before you wrote a word—in a journal, on the back of scrap paper, via typewriter or computer—you were a storyteller. Maybe you told yourself stories late at night, maybe you daydreamed worlds and resolutions where you had absolute control. A love story with a happy ending, a battle with you as victor, an adversary well …