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"The beginning of every story is rather like a résumé. You flaunt your talents and hope the reader finds what he‘s looking for."

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"No matter how we dress them up in fancy new subgenres, no matter how many shocking plot twists we throw into the endings, no matter how complex and philosophical our themes, at the end of the day, stories will always be about people. The trick, of course, is making sure our stories feature people worth reading about."

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I set myself a goal to buy one writing resource book each month to continuously develop my writing skills. These were all highly recommend but... I haven't read a single one yet 😂.

Have you read any of these? What is your favorite book on writing?
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Good advice for writers of short fiction. Relatively quick read but lots of information.

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“Well, the secret to writing is writing. Writing is how you be a writer. It‘s only a secret to people who really don‘t want to hear it.”

Ursula K. Le Guin is, as always in her writing about writing, hilarious. 😆

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“If you write a bad story, the way to make it better is to write three more.”

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“It takes a lot of practice to tell the truth in a way that the other person can hear.”

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It‘s exciting to be featured in the February edition of Writers‘ Forum magazine! #Magazine #Littens #RomanticComedy #WritingTips

Good insights and reminders for fiction writers of all levels. Not just saying this because Michael Noll is a tall, dashing TX writer. Really. #writingtips #goodreminders

So excited to be in this man‘s presence! So funny, great speaker. And I got a free copy of the book which I hope to get signed to my daughter who is exploding as a writer right now!