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Third Person POV in All Its Forms
Character Construction:
Creating Mood 10/28/08
Personal Narrative 10/24/08
Word Choices 10/14/08
Meeting and Greeting: Writers Conferences
Characterization: How Much is Too Much? 9/30/08
Verisimilitude 9/26/08
Plotting Fiction 9/16/08
Strong and Weak Prose 9/12/08
Slant: Key to Nonfiction 9/2/08
Creating Characters in the Scene 8/19/08
Publishing: August 15, 2008
Open Questions 8/5/08
Open Questions 6/10/08
Action, Action, Action: Writing the Action Scene 6/6/08
Hooking The Readers: Hook and Lead 5/27/08
Characterization 5/23/08
Show, Don't Tell in First Person 5/13/08
Open Question Night 5/9/08
Show, Don't Tell: What It Really Means 4/28/08
Publish or Self Publish? 4/25/08
Submitting: Myth and Reality 4/18/08
First Person POV; The Good and The Bad
Thought and Internal Narrative 4/1/08
Walking the Description Tightrope 3/14/08
Dialogue Basics: Thought, Word, and Deed
Market Lists: The Starting Point 2/19/08
Organizing Your Writing Info 2/15/08
Publishing on the Internet 2/5/08
Open Question Night 2/1/08
What Comes After the Acceptance? 1/22/08
Clips, Resumes, and Writing Samples 1/18/08
Choosing Your Characters 1/8/08
Writing the Query Letter 12/21/07
Open Question Night 12/07/06
Submission Questions 11/27/07
Writing Mystery 11/23/07
Character Voice 11/13/07
Flash Fiction 11/9/07
Simplicity 10/30/07
Speed Up -- Slow Down: Pacing 10/26/07
Plotting 101 10/16/07
Promote Yourself 10/12/07
Rejection Blues 10/02/07
What Do You Do? The Interview 9/28/07
Limited Third Person POV 9/18/07
Rights, Contracts, Action! 9/14/07
The Narrator Blues -- Creating a Strong Narrative Voice 9/4/07
Rights, Rights, Rights! 8/24/07
The Business of Writing 8/10/07
Action! Action! Action! 7/24/07
Critiquing 101 7/20/07
Wearing the Editor's Hat 7/10/07
Romancing the Readers 7/7/07
Building the Universe 6/26/07
Language: Nuts and Bolts 6/22/07
Writing Fantasy 6/12/07
Cardboard Characters NOT! 6/8/07
Mining for Clips 5/29/07
Writing the Mystery 5/25/07
Writing the Personal Narrative 5/15/07
Making Writing Time Work 5/1/07
Creating the Universe as You Go 4/27/07
Getting It In The Mail 4/17/07
Browsing the Bookstore 4/13/07
Sharpen That Hook! 4/3/07
Pacing: Fast, Slow, How? 3/30/07
Today's Publishing World 3/20/07
Action Tags the Magic Touch 3/16/07
Thought and Internal Narrative 3/6/07
Collaborating: The Ups and Downs 3/02/07
Making Word Choices 2/20/07
Finding Ideas 2/16/07
Research, Research, Research 2/6/07
From Idea to Story -- Getting There: 2/22/07
Original Source Material 1/24/07
Dramatic Arc: Rising to the Peak 1/19/07
Working With Dialogue 1/9/07
New Year's Resolution? Or Writer's Block? 1/5/07
Contracts and Rights: What You Own 12/26/06
All Things Agent 12/22/06
Sneaking Up on Revision 12/12/06
Slant; The Key to Nonfiction Success 12/8/06
New Paths to Publishing 11/28/06
Open Question Night 11/24/06
Promoting on a Shoestring 11/14/06
Making a Living Writing 11/10/06
Creating Suspense: Sharpen the Tools 10/31/06
Show, Don't Tell: Doing It. 10/27/06
Creating Character Emotion: 10/17/06
Personal Narrative: Putting Yourself on the Page 10/13/06
Planting Backstory Seeds 10/3/06
Revision and Editing: Part of the Process 9/29/06
Agents, Agents, Agents: 9/22/06
Genre Confusion: 9/19/06
All Things Character: 9/15/06
Getting Past the Snags 9/12/06
All Things Publishing: 9/8/06
The Novel Hook: Chapter One 9/5/06
Internal Narrative: A Sprinkle of Salt 9/1/06
Jargon: Creating Insider Realism 8/29/06
Chaptering 8/22/06
Dramatic Arc 8/18/06
Revise and Rewrite 8/15/06
Critiques and Writers Groups 8/11/06
First Person POV; Characterization Counts
Creating the Different Character 8/1/06
Writers Workshop 7/28/06
Matching Characters to Story 7/21/06
Writing Genre Fiction 7/18/06
Choosing Markets 7/14/06
Writing Mystery 7/11/06
The Series Character: 7/7/06
Open Question Forum 7/4/06
Plotting Workshop: 6/30/06
Dialect, Accent, and Foreign Language in Dialogue 6/27/06
Plotting 6/23/06
Dialogue and Action Tags 6/20/06
Breaking In Is Hard To Do -- Isn't It? 6/16/06
Choosing Between Endings: 6/13/06
Thinking Clearly: Handling Thought in Fiction 6/9/06
Seeing and Hearing: Dialogue and Action 6/6/06
Dealing With Deadlines 6/02/06
Open Questions: Dialogue, Publishers, etc. 5/30/06
Wading Through the Markets 5/23/06
Third or First Person? Why? 5/18/06
When Do You Revise...and Why? 5/16/06
Trimming Extra Words 5/12/06
Finding Those Markets 5/9/06
The Chapter 5/5/06
Getting Better: Moving From Aspiring to Selling 5/2/06
Novel Questions 4/28/06
Idea Workshop: 4/25/06
Idea to Novel: 4/21/06
Research, Research, Research 4/18/06
Writers Conference: Is It For You?
First Person: The Good, Bad, and Frustrating 4/7/06
Character Background 2/4/06
Open Questions: Agents, Promotion... 3/31/06
Subplots: When, Where, and How Many? 3/28/06
Writing the Synopsis 3/17/06
Narrative Versus Telling 3/14/06
The Desert of the Middle 3/10/06
Showing Emotions 3/7/06
Writing Time 3/3/06
Submitting Your Work 2/28/06
Open Question Night: POV, Cinematic Third, and more 2/24/06
What Do I Write? Market and Genre 2/21/06
The Larger Picture: Creating a World 2/17/06
Character Motivation and Goals 2/14/06
Creative Nonfiction: Telling Real Stories 2/10/06
Creative Ability 2/7/06
Point of View Questions: 2/3/06
Starting with Slant: Nonfiction Articles
Interior Decorating: Setting 1/27/06
Dialogue: The Writer's Sharpest Tool 1/24/06
Character Questions 1/20/06
Characters in Conflict 1/17/06
The Business of Writing 1/13/06
Making Room for Writing in Your Life 1/10/06
Dramatic Arc: Create a Roller Coaster 1/6/06
Writing and Career: Same or Different? 1/3/06
New Years Resolutions: 12/30/05
Insider Speak 12/27/05
Open Question night 12/23/05
Open Questions: 12/20/05
Using Reader Assumptions 12/16/05
Word Crafting: 12/13/05
Theme: The Hidden Story 12/9/05
Publishing Myths and Reality 12/2/05
The Interview in Nonfiction and Fiction 11/30/05
Open Question Night 11/25/05
Narrative: Neither Good Nor Bad 11/22/05
Scenes and Chapters: 11/15/05
Endings: Finding the Beginning 11/15/05
Novel Questions 11/11/05
The Relationship Between Reader and Writer 11/8/05
Choreographing The Scene: 11/1/05
Complicating a Story 10/28/05
Roughing Out the Novel Plot 10/21/05
Verbs: Make Them Do Double Duty 10/18/05
Keeping Track: Research Details 10/14/05
Beats: Orchestrating the Scene 10/11/05
Plotting Large and Small 10/7/05
Foreshadowing and Plants 10/4/05
Flashbacks 9/30/05
Creating Drama 9/27/05
Creating the Vivid Setting 9/23/05
Trimming the Word Count 9/20/05
Strong Conflict 9/16/05
Flash Fiction 9/13/05
Slant: The Key to Selling Nonfiction 9/9/05
Open Questions: Conferences and Marketing 9/6/05
Open Questions: 9/2/05
Plot 8/30/05
Hands On Workshop 8/26/05
Beginnings: Setting the Scene in Motion 8/23/05
Active Voice, Passive Voice and Strong Prose 8/19/05
First and Third Person POV 8/16/05
Internal Point Of View 8/12/05
Filtering Through the POV 8/9/05
Open Questions: Publishing and Agents 8/5/05
Middles 8/2/05
Endings: 7/29/05
Beginnings: Where Do You Start?
Show Don't Tell 7/22/05
'Showing' in First Person 7/19/05
Non-Human POV 7/15/05
Using the Senses 7/12/05
Backstory 7/8/05
Outlinging-- Learning Structure 7/5/05
Writing Speculative Fiction 7/1/05
Rejection Slips -- The Lowdown 6/28/05
Writers Groups 6/24/05
The Author's Voice 6/21/05
Publishing Options: Where to Start? 6/17/05
Transitions: Making the Leap 6/14/05
Pacing Workshop: Learning by Doing 6/10/05
Marketing Issues 6/7/05
Expose Yourself: Writing First Person POV 6/3/05
Learning to be a Good Writer in Ten Minutes 5/31/05
Questions about Story 5/27/05
Structure and First Draft: 5/24/05
The Novel Synopsis (and LR summary assignnment) 5/17/05
Finding Balance: Action and Description 5/13/05
Revision: One Step at a Time 5/10/05
Hands on Workshop: Narrative Distance 5/6/05
Narrative Distance: Placing the Reader in the Scene 5/3/05
Bringing the Character to Life 4/29/05
Digging Deeper: Backstory 4/26/05
Adverbs: Use Em? Don't? So How Do You Know? 4/22/05
Flexible Language 4/19/05
Why You Need a Website 4/15/05
Self Promotion 4/12/05
Tinting Exposition with Character 4/8/05
Being Professional 4/5/05
Questions: Submission, Markets, Conferences 3/29/05
Research: Where Fiction and Nonfiction Meet 3/22/05
Submitting and Rights 3/18/05
The Internal Plot 3/15/05
Exposition and Action: Moving Your Story Along 3/11/05
Plot: What Is It? 3/8/05
The Novel Start versus the Short Story Start: 3/1/05
Organizing Your Writing Life: 2/25/05
Dialogue: Making it Work 2/22/05
The Novel: Q &A, and the LR Novel Course 2/18/05
Keeping Records for the Tax Man 2/15/05
Inspiration and Publisher: Cooperation or Collision 2/11/05
Language, Language, Language 2/8/05
Showing the Character 2/4/05
Whack the Shoulder Vultures 2/1/05
Publishing: Getting Started 1/28/05
Analyzing the Fiction Markets 1/25/05
Analyzing the Nonfiction Market 1/18/05
Literary, Mainstream, Experimental - Say What? 1/14/05
Using Critiques 1/11/05
Questions Questions: 1/7/04
Reasonable Resolutions: 1/4/05
Downbeat Stories and Negative Characters 12/28/04
Rejections and Submission Woes 12/21/04
Character Backstory: Why It Matters 12/17/04
Collaborating 12/14/04
Open Questions 12/10/04
Polishing: What, How, and When Do You Quit? 12/7/04
Non Narrative Description: Hands on Workshop 12/3/04
Non Narrative Description: 11/30/04
Writers Block: What to Do?
Genres: What Are They and Why? 11/23/04
Writers Workshop: From Idea to Story 11/20/04
Backtracking the Character: Beginning with the Plot 11/16/04
Agents: Everything You Want To Ask 11/12/04
Creating the Universe: How Much is Enough? 11/9/04
The Synopsis: What Is It? 11/4/04
Pacing: Hands On Workshop 11/2/04
What the Editor Does: Life After the Sale 10/29/04
Revision 101 10/26/04
Middles: Add Interest Between Beginning and End 10/22/04
Submitting and Publishing Questions: 10/19/04
Question Forum 10-15-04
The Short Story: Hands On Critiques 10/12/04
Embedding Back Story 10/8/04
Seeing the Character: Embedding Character Description 10/5/04
The Strong Opening Paragraph: Hands On Examples 9/30/04
Portraying Character in First Person POV 9/28/04
Starting Strongly 9/23/04
Breaking into the Nonfiction Market 9/21/04
Strohg Endings; 9/18/04
Critiques: How to Give One and How to Listen 9/14/04
Writing the Action Scene 9/10/04
The Nonfiction Bio or Resume-What Does the Editor Want? 9/8/04
The Clip and the Writing Sample: What And How? 9/3/04
Analyzing Your Story for Market 8/31/04
Prologues and Epilogues: Good or Bad? 8/27/04
Writing With a Day Job 8/24/04
Character Driven Fiction: 8/20/04
Short Story Basics 8/17/04
building the 3D Character 8/10/04
Rights 101:What Do You Own and What Should You Sell? 8/6/04
First Person POV: How to Do It Well 8/2/04
All POVs..What Are They and Why Use Them? 7/30/04
Sequels: When and How To Do Them 7/27/04
Narrative: Good or Bad? 7/23/04
Dialogue: Making It Real 7/20/04
Hands On Workshop: The Short Short Story 7/16/04
Transitions: Skip the Boring Part 7/13/04
Coloring with Words 7/9/04
Life After Death for Words 7/6/04
Newbie Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 7/2/04
Thought: How, When, and Why Use It? 6/29/04
Embedding the Backstory: Interactive Example 6/25/04
Stereotypes: Are They Ever Useful? 6/22/04
Layering: Making Sentences Do More Than One Thing 6/11/04
Show Me Your Character 6/8/04
Crafting the Short Short Story 6/4/04
Making Changes: The Revision Process 6/1/04