Writing
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Writer’s Gym by Eliza Clark I love the structure of this book. There’s either an author interview or short description of a theme, eg: flashbacks. Then an exercise to explain the description. In this book it discusses how flashbacks are over used and a way to pad the author from facing things directly. Then an
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There was a few take aways from this book: -Use the simplest language -writing for children doesn’t mean talking down, it’s just another form, maybe the best way to tell your specific story if that’s where instinct is leading you But other than that, this book is a self-indulgent pile of garbage. There’s a whole
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This weekend was intense for me. I signed up for a storytelling workshop, expecting to learn how to craft stories, since I have been stuck with my novel for years. It’s a storyTELLING workshop, aka how to voice your story for an audience, with a live performance on Wednesday. I felt like I was having
Precious Trash 