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Perspectives on creative writing and storytelling

10/03/201601/21/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 386 Views 0 Comments creative writing, fiction writing, how to write a story, rick taubold, show don't tell, story openings, story vs. anecdote, storytelling basics

From Rick: What is creative writing? According to one Wikipedia article: “Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character

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Decisions when writing your story–Part 3

05/31/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 399 Views 0 Comments diction, fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, novel writing, rick taubold, story ideas, style, tone, voice

From Rick: NOTE: No post next week. The blog will resume on June 13. In the past two posts, I’ve talked about some major decisions you need to make when writing a novel, although these also apply to shorter works.

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Decisions when writing your novel–Part 2

05/23/201605/30/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 357 Views 0 Comments decisions before writing a novel, fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, novel writing, rick taubold, story ideas

From Rick: Last time, I talked about the big decision you must make when writing your story: Is your story idea/premise a brilliant one? What makes it brilliant? Is it something people will want to read? Don’t delude yourself into

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Crafting a marketable story

09/08/201409/09/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 451 Views 4 Comments editing tips, fiction writing, how to write a story, Kellee Kranendonk, marketing

by Kellee Kranendonk From Rick: While reviewing Kellee’s articles that previous appeared in Silver Blade, I found this one for a perfect follow-up to my “From Idea to Story” series because writing the story is only half the battle. Assuming

How to write a story Point of view

From idea to story (Story series-Part 7)

08/25/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 395 Views 0 Comments choosing a story viewpoint, fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, point of view, rick taubold

From Rick: In part 6, I promised to wrap up this series with some pointers on how to select, hopefully, the best point of view (POV) for your story. Along with those, I’m going to discuss choosing the right verb

How to write a story

From idea to story (Story series-Part 6)

08/11/201402/17/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 373 Views 0 Comments C.S. Lakin, fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, rick taubold, story details

From Rick: Last time we completed the first draft of “Jury Duty.” Now, it’s time to look at some revisions. The original version was about 2100 words, a reasonable length for a short story. We can approach our revision from

How to write a story

From idea to story (Story series-Part 5)

08/04/201402/17/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 379 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, rick taubold, writing

From Rick: This week I’m going to finish the rough draft “Jury Duty,” but I’ll do it in two stages. Let me explain. A story needs five elements: setting, character, plot, conflict, resolution. The first two are easy to understand.

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Five elements of romance fiction (Story series-Part 4)

07/28/201407/28/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 423 Views 0 Comments fiction writing, good writing techniques, how to write a story, romance stories, romance story elements, Sherri Ellerman

Guest post by Sherri Ellerman ========== From Rick: Sherri Ellerman has been a very active member of Silver Pen since she joined several months ago. Aside from her activities and work at Silver Pen, she recently became the flash fiction

How to write a story

From idea to story (Story series-Part 3)

07/21/201407/28/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 397 Views 1 Comment fiction writing, how to write a story, rick taubold, writing

From Rick: This week I’m going to pick up where I left off two weeks ago. In that post, I began with an idea, showed how I developed it into an initial and potentially workable story concept, and created the

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Help! I need ideas (Story series-Part 2)

07/14/201407/28/2014 Write Well, Write To Sell 413 Views 1 Comment Annette Taylor, good writing techniques, how to write a story, rick taubold, story ideas, writing

Guest post by Annette Taylor ========== From Rick: This week’s post comes from writer Annette Taylor who originally submitted this as an article to Fabula Argentea magazine. It was an excellent article, but FA only publishes stories. It gave me

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