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Indiana Writers' Consortium: Writing with the Masters: Dr.Samuel Johnson
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Writing with the Masters: Dr.Samuel Johnson. This week’s post turns from autobiography to biography. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) wrote poetry and prose and compiled a comprehensive dictionary single-handedly. His biography was written by a close friend, James Boswell, after Johnson’s death. The Life of Johnson. So keep a journal, quit rambling, and put down that awful book. The purposes of this b...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: June 2015
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Travel and Experience: Write Something Interesting. Jump in your car and head down the highway for a spell visitor? Walk the streets of your hometown voyeur? However you approach travel, there are certain elements that make travel writing interesting. Yup, this blog post is about travel writing. I have loved travel writing ever since I was a young girl. The National Geographic. Both offer a wide var...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: Don't Be Discouraged
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. I have recently decided to start submitting to journals again. The truth is that when I turned sixteen, I didn’t stop and decide I needed to take a break from submitting. It wasn’t that I was writing less or that there weren’t markets for my work. I lost my Rocky. I lost confidence in my work, and that is the worst disservice you can ever do yourself as a writer. Gone with the Wind. Off the Rails w...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: October 2014
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. If you are writing about domestic violence, where do you find resources to help with your research? The following websites discuss abuse and provide links to online resources. The National Domestic Violence Hotline, http:/ www.thehotline.org/resources/resources/. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, http:/ www.ncadv.org/. Then there these print sources mentioned in the October 15. As wri...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: Travel and Experience: Write Something Interesting
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Travel and Experience: Write Something Interesting. Jump in your car and head down the highway for a spell visitor? Walk the streets of your hometown voyeur? However you approach travel, there are certain elements that make travel writing interesting. Yup, this blog post is about travel writing. I have loved travel writing ever since I was a young girl. The National Geographic. Both offer a wide var...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: November 2014
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. The Rest of the Thanksgiving Story. As writers, we should be careful not to make the same mistakes. When I think of the first Thanksgiving, I think of friendly Native Americans bringing their knowledge and skills and provisions to feed the starving Pilgrims. Without that help, the Pilgrims would have perished. KP/PK Publishing 2013), is a Kirkus’. Indie Books of the Month Selection. Kathryn ...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: Writing with the Masters: Louisa May Alcott
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Writing with the Masters: Louisa May Alcott. Like Jack London, some of Louisa May Alcott’s (1832-1888) fiction was autobiographical, with Little Women. Being the most notable. Although most writers don’t sell their first novel, the rest of this experience from that book. And so will we. The quote is from “Literary Lessons” in Part II of Little Women. Both the picture and Little Women. Writing with t...
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: Writing with the Masters: Mark Twain
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Writing with the Masters: Mark Twain. Have you been struggling with a memoir and finding that you can’t get it quite right? Mark Twain (1835-1910) tried to write his autobiography a number of times before he was finally satisfied enough to declare it finished.* Here is his explanation of why he was having so much trouble. Which has no law. The quote is from page 224 of Autobiography of Mark Twain.
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Indiana Writers' Consortium: December 2014
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Indiana Writers' Consortium inspires and builds a community of creative writers. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Writing for Social Change: A 3-Step Starting Guide. So you’ve decided to write for social change. You’ve sat down, straightened your workspace, and pulled out your writing materials. The social justice world is huge! It can be daunting for a new writer to dive in, so how do you get started? Step 1: Pick a Topic You’re Passionate About. Step 2: Get Acclimated. I like to use Al Jazeera. They creat...
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