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	<title>Writing With One Hand Waving Free &#187; fiction writing</title>
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		<title>50 Great Websites for Writers &#8211; Both Fiction and Non-Fiction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strangely enough I was first introduced to this site from an internet marketing blog. I&#8217;m not certain why I haven&#8217;t found it before from either a fiction, nonfiction or fan writing website or one of the education and training websites I frequent. But this site has a huge list of resources, some of which I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating the Changing Book Industry — what writers should know to sell their book</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doris Booth, founder and agent with the Authorlink Literary Group and Authorlink.com, presented a workshop at the DFW Writers Conference, May 2, 2009 entitled:
Navigating the Changing Book Industry
— an insider&#8217;s view of what writers should know
Doris Booth has been an agent for over 13 years. She actively follows the changes occurring in the publishing industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the DFW Writers Conference Agents&#8217; Panel, May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 2, 2009, the DFW Writers Conference (sponsored by the DFW Writers&#8217; Workshop) hosted a Question and Answer Session with a panel of literary agents. Agents  on the panel were Doris Booth, Sally Harding, Al Longden and Dr. Uwe Stender. The following are highlights from my notes during the session. It is by no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ordinary People: a writing exercise to capture characterization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer and teach Margot Case offered a brilliant workshop at he Richard Hugo House Write-O-Rama workshop entitled Ordinary People. We read excerpts from “Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning” by Donald Bartheleme, Sixty Stories.
I&#8217;d tried The Dead Father by Bartheleme, but found it at the wrong time and had never tried Donald Bartheleme again. What a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on Writing the First Chapter and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ These are some more tips from romantic travel writer Janice MacDonald&#8217;s on First Chapters.

Don&#8217;t sweat it initially, it will change.
When you&#8217;re ready to return to it, consider the following:

start as close to the end without leaving out important information
open with action
quickly establish: who, what, where, when and why



These are some additional tips on writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Truby&#8217;s 22 Plot Building Blocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
John Truby&#8217;s screenwriting courses and software are a staple of screenwriting classes worldwide. His book,The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, presents his &#8220;Twenty-Two Building Blocks&#8221; plot structure is a classic. I purchased one of his first video writing courses mumblety-mumblety years ago when I was writing comedy and spent a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction Writing Plot Development Storyboards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While taking a workshop with author Janice MacDonald on developing a traditional fiction story plot (the kind with a beginning, middle and end), I decided to modify one of the templates that came with my Pages program into a set of worksheets. These worksheets can help you outline your fiction plot and determine the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Shows and Catching Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, no one showed up at the Itty-Bitty Buzz this morning from my region. So I NaNoWriMoed by myself for 2.5 hours. The place is now invaded by a couple of Boomer grandma&#8217;s gossiping at the tops of their lungs (you&#8217;d think they were on cell phones) about breast feeding and the inevitable conversation of [...]]]></description>
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