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➤ Get WriterSpark’s FREE Quick Guide to Writing Dialogue! There are myriad essential elements in writing about how to write great dialogue. It […]
Getting to know your fictional characters, inside and out, is crucial I’ve decided to change up the Writing Prompt process. I’m a goal-oriented […]
A lot of people adhere to the idea that you MUST write every single day. If you don’t, you’re not committed enough! In […]
When I first started writing, it was just for me. I met a friend on Monday nights twice a month. We used a […]
Funny story. I didn’t learn what an appositive was until I had to teach it, year after year, to classrooms full of 7th […]
I was an English major in college, and I taught English/Language Arts for a lot of years. One thing I realized early on […]