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WRITING CONFERENCE UPDATE FROM CHUCK SAMBUCHINO

How the writing conference update started: Hi David, Chuck Sambuchino here (formerly a long-time editor with Writer’s Digest and the GLA). The GLA is the Guide To Literary Agents, a book I’ve bought. I follow Chuck on Twitter. He sent me a message, which is different than a notification. This is Chuck Sambuchino:

WRITING COACH PUMPS UP ALPHABET: FOLLOW THE GAME PLAN

Every writing coach, or anyone who calls themselves a writing coach, has a similar goal: Get something down on paper, on a screen, a phone, just get it down. It can be good, bad, indifferent, it doesn’t matter. Just get it down. A good writing coach doesn’t emphasize the difficulty. Between coach and player, they […]

STORY CATCHER IN THE WRITING ROOM NOT SO WRY

J.D. Salinger was a story catcher who wrote books. One of them sells like new today: Approximately 250,000 copies of The Catcher in the Rye are sold each year – which is almost 685 per day! The Catcher in the Rye was first published in 1951. That’s quite a record for keeping readers coming back. […]

CONFLICT WRITING: WHEN DOES IT HIT HOME

Conflict writing happens in every story, every movie, every book. Without conflict, there is no tension, and no reason to turn the page. Weak writing is a list, an inventory of boxes to check, instead of personal involvement. What’s the difference?

WORLD STAGE: PLAYING MANY PARTS AT HOME

The world stage for Shakespeare was a different world than we live in today. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts. . .” Is the Shaker talking about multiple personality disorder? No, but he […]

HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF HISTORY AND WHO GIVES A GOOD RIP

I saw a question on twitter, a summary of a question a history grad student asked their advisor. “Who will read my thesis besides you?” The answer they got back: “No one, because it won’t matter to anyone else but you and us.” The unnecessary slam the professor included? “Put a ten dollar bill in […]

TRUST THE PROCESS FROM THE START

Starting a project, a diet, a savings plan? Trust the process. The first day is all magical. One screenwriter said a days work at the beginning of a new script means putting a title on a piece of paper and putting it in a drawer for tomorrow. Cutting carrots follows a […]

WRITING CONFERENCE UPDATE FROM CHUCK SAMBUCHINO

WRITING COACH PUMPS UP ALPHABET: FOLLOW THE GAME PLAN

STORY CATCHER IN THE WRITING ROOM NOT SO WRY

CONFLICT WRITING: WHEN DOES IT HIT HOME

WORLD STAGE: PLAYING MANY PARTS AT HOME

STORY TIME STORY WITH DAVE, OR IS IT DAVID

HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF HISTORY AND WHO GIVES A GOOD RIP

Health Writing? Start With Cancer And Drill Down

TRUST THE PROCESS FROM THE START

CANCER STORIES: FEEDING PUBLIC FEAR AND PRIVATE WOE

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