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As writers we usually are not as objective to our writing as a professional editor. We can't see the 'was', 'that', the telling and passive passages.

I am thrilled to announce the opening of Pen Perfect Associates, the no sugar-coating editing blog.

For more information, click HERE.

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A few years ago, a budding writer emailed me looking for advice on how to break into the profession.

"Do you think the world has room for one more writer?" he asked.

Let me tell you what I told him.

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CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Writing fiction, whether short stories or novels, needs to grab a reader’s interest from the beginning. Regardless if you write for children, mystery, romance, and/or any other genre, this rule still applies. Captivating an audience with a strong beginning is what we’ll be exploring in the first part of the workshop. The latter part I will help you build and flesh out your character. By the time we finish you’ll know your character inside out and at which point in his/her stor… Continue

Nothing is more captivating than fairy tales, regardless of age. The 'Once Upon A Time' beginnings told you some moral dilemma would unfold. Their simplistic and entertaining pages mesmerized us as youngsters, and to this day, many of us remember most of the tales:

Little Red Riding Hood

The Three Little
Pigs

Cinderella

Snow White

And many more.

Nowadays, a writer needs to cut right into the core of their book. Readers aren't apt anymore to read page after page of descriptive prose to get… Continue

If you are a writer, is there a tottering stack of books on your night table? Is your house filled to overflowing with bookshelves, and too many books to go on them?

It’s a simple fact: writers read. Writers must read. Many writers I know confess to reading the cereal box just to have something to read (and I’m one of them). I’ve been in writing groups where we go around the table and say what we’re reading. Amazingly, someone invariably says, “Well, I don’t read a lot.” I just inwardly shake m… Continue