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Now You Can Read Writing Forward on Your Kindle Update: Amazon has discontinued this program. This post has been archived. Writing Forward subscriptions are now available on the Kindle. These days, there are so many gadgets and devices, it’s hard for web publishers to keep up. But I do want to make the content of this site…Read More
How to Start a Successful Writers’ Workshop
Today’s guest post is by Alana Saltz, freelance writer, editor, and creative writing instructor. When you get down to the heart of it, writing is a solitary pursuit. However, many of us writers don’t enjoy being holed up alone all day in our bedrooms, typing away on our computers. Most of us seek the friendship,…Read More
National Poetry Month
April is here, which means National Poetry Month is officially underway. Poetry is near and dear to my heart. When I first started writing back in junior high, poetry is what got my pen moving. In high school and college, it’s what kept my pen moving. I’ll be celebrating and recognizing National Poetry Month throughout…Read More
How to Create Effective Scenes and Chapters in Your Novel
Please welcome Idrees Patel with a piece on creating scenes and chapters in your novel. Fiction writing is one of the most popular forms of creative writing. Everyone is trying to write some fiction — novels, short stories, novelettes, novellas, micro-fiction, and even Twitter fiction. Events like NaNoWriMo are becoming wildly popular. More and more…Read More
Writing Forward’s 2009 Milestones and Top Five Posts
It’s time to say goodbye to 2009. Around this time every year, people reflect on the past twelve months and contemplate their experiences and accomplishments. And we look ahead to the new year with hopes and plans for a better, brighter future. On the world stage, it’s been a whirlwind year. Is it just me…Read More
How to Write a Memoir With a Partner
Today’s guest post, “How to Write a Memoir with a Partner” is by Deborah Prutzman, co-author of Addie of the Flint Hills: A Prairie Child During the Depression (1915-1935) (aff link). Few writers would argue that writing is a solitary pursuit. That said, collaborations between two or more writers do occur, and some have been…Read More
From Creative Writing to Creative Marketing: Interview with Wendy Burt-Thomas
Creative writing is hard work. You have to master the technical side of writing (know your grammar), deliver work that resonates with readers, and possess massive amounts of drive, ambition, and sheer determination. It can take months, even years, to write a book. Then you have to sell it — first to an agent, then…Read More
Interview Announcement
Wendy Burt-Thomas has just published an interview with your Writing Forward hostess on her site, Ask Wendy. You can read the full interview here. Please head over there and show Wendy all your writerly support by leaving a comment and subscribing to her blog. Next week, Wendy will appear here on Writing Forward in a…Read More
Writing Forward: One of the Best Websites for Writers
Writer’s Digest is the premiere magazine for writers. And by premiere, I mean it’s sort of a big deal (aff link). So, when I found out that Writing Forward had been chosen as one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers,” I was perfectly speechless. When I regained my vocabulary, it was just jumbled. What…Read More
Good Grammar! It’s National Grammar Day
Sometimes being creative means breaking the rules. Like using sentence fragments. And starting a sentence with a conjunction. Or ending it with a preposition. It’s been said a million times: you have to learn the rules before you break them. Using good grammar may not make or break your writing career. In fact, if you…Read More
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