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We’re told that to create an engaging story we need to know what motivates our characters. What do they want? What do they long for? What’s at stake ? “Motivation, based on a character’s beliefs, family, and environmental and cultural...
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Today we’re debuting a new monthly column on WriterMag.com. The Fiction Workshop will delve into issues of craft, and we’re happy to announce that David Galef ( at left ), the director of the creative-writing program at Montclair State University...
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I recently read Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake , about a young girl, Rose, who discovers that she can taste the emotions of the people who have prepared her food—from her mom all the way to the farmer who plucked the ingredients...
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It’s not too soon to think about how you’ll spend your summer improving your writing, especially if you want to attend a conference. Whether you’ll head to one in your area or jet off to a workshop in a scenic locale, the earlier you...
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Contributing editor Chuck Leddy, one of our excellent long-standing book reviewers, put together our roundup of 10 great writing books from 2010 for the December issue. Do you ever wonder which books have become the reviewers’ personal favorites...
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As an editor, you bet I’m in favor of short sentences that get to the point. No reader wants to navigate sentences filled with unnecessary asides that obscure the writer’s meaning. That said, I appreciate writing that takes risks, that aims...
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