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  • How Writers Can Use the Chicago Manual of Style

    Bobbie Christmas
    Bobbie Christmas
    Bobbie Christmas, editor and owner of Zebra Communications, explains how authors can use the Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style is written by the Chicago University Press for the purpose of standardizing books. Grammar styles learned...
    • over 7 years ago
    • Basic Editing
    • Formatting
  • On Writing - The Importance of Passion - video

    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger
    Agent Harvey Klinger offers thoughts on the importance of having a passion for what you are writing and how formulaic writing often doesn't work in place of passion.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Fiction
    • Finding Your Voice
  • On Writing - The Flashback - video

    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger
    Using flashbacks in a story can be tricky. Agent Harvey Klinger shares thoughts on whether they should be part of your story and if so, how to do it well.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Fiction
    • Plot Planning
  • Translating Writing Styles - video

    Jeremy Wagner
    Jeremy Wagner
    Author and guitarist Jeremy Wagner shares his thoughts on the need to write every day and how writing lyrics can feel like writing flash fiction, which is a great creative exercise.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Managing Your Writing Life
    • Writing Exercises
  • Starting a Writing Career - video

    Jennifer Ziegler
    Jennifer Ziegler
    Author Jennifer Ziegler shares her history of becoming a writer and how she got started and then leveraged early career choices as part of her writing.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Writing Jobs
    • Full-Time Writer
  • Writing Through Emotion - podcast

    Carla Malden
    Carla Malden
    Carla Malden, memoir author, talks about how writers all yearn for the moments when words and emotions flow effortlessly and what to do when those moments don't appear. Click here to play this audio clip
    • over 9 years ago
    • Managing Your Writing Life
    • Writer's Block
  • Writing Through Emotion - video

    Carla Malden
    Carla Malden
    Carla Malden, memoir author, talks about how writers all yearn for the moments when words and emotions flow effortlessly and what to do when those moments don't appear.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Managing Your Writing Life
    • Writer's Block
  • Starting a Writing Career - podcast

    Jennifer Ziegler
    Jennifer Ziegler
    Author Jennifer Ziegler shares her history of becoming a writer and how she got started and then leveraged early career choices as part of her writing. Click here to play this audio clip
    • over 9 years ago
    • Writing Jobs
    • Full-Time Writer
  • On Writing - Style & Structure - video

    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger, literary agent, provides perspective on the need for strong prologue that hooks the reader with a cliff hanger that draws them into the story. He also shares thoughts on how to effectively employ a flashback in your story.
    • over 9 years ago
    • Fiction
    • Plot Planning
  • On Writing - Style & Structure - podcast

    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger
    Harvey Klinger, literary agent, provides perspective on the need for strong prologue that hooks the reader with a cliff hanger that draws them into the story. He also shares thoughts on how to effectively employ a flashback in your story. Click here...
    • over 9 years ago
    • Fiction
    • Plot Planning
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