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Tag: Jane Friedman

  • Writerly Round-Up (26 May – 1 June)

    Writers use red herrings the way magicians use sleight of hand—to distract their readers from seeing what’s really there. In this video tutorial, award-winning author Jane K. Cleland explains how to use red herrings to build page-turning suspense.

  • Writerly Round-Up (5 – 11 May)

    Writerly Round-Up (5 – 11 May)

    Writerly Round-Up Mary Carroll Moore When we have an idea for a book, that original vision feels whole, complete in our minds. The force of its image drives us to write. But as we write, we must force this wholeness through the narrow funnel of the linear brain. It can get squeezed and jumbled, come…

  • Writerly Round-Up (7 – 13 April)

    Welcome to anther Writerly Round-Up. The Writer’s Chatroom is listed in Writer’s Digest 101 Best Sites issue. Best of the Best for online writing communities on page 39 and page 41 has a half-page sidebar about the site. Congratulations to Audrey Shaffer for her hard and unfailing work.