When you own so much more than you can pay You find your life-long soul mate died yesterday When you search all your life for a beautiful dream And when you catch a star it leaves the scene It’s another night where anxiety will rule There’s a masquerade going and…
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What is Preditors and Editors? If you’re online for any length of time, you will see this name freely given often between fiction writers. Preditors and Editors (P&E) is a website started in 1997, managed by Dave Kuzminski. The site was designed to be a reference source for the writer,…
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Hackneyed phrases, slang, and truisms should be eliminated from your writing vocabulary as much as possible. This is one time where you should not write what is commonly heard. These phrases are so overused they are loathed by writing professionals. Cliches are frequently combined into several groups. You may use…
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Here are some excellent pointers from legendary, late author Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) on writing short stories. These are also just as applicable to fiction! 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the…