eugen bacon
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For Writers: Writing the Novel – For Short Story Authors
Read more / watch…: For Writers: Writing the Novel – For Short Story AuthorsSo you’re a short story writer. You’re happy with your craft, and you already know what a short story is: It’s not a novella (generally up to 40,000 words) or a novelette (typically over 7,500 words – 19,000 words). Awards make it all the more mind-boggling when guidelines start talking about “long story” (over 15,000…
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FOR WRITERS: Collaborating with Others
Read more / watch…: FOR WRITERS: Collaborating with OthersI once hosted a writing date, where a bunch of authors came together at a set time to (individually) write. The experience reminded me how private I am. Everyone else had eyes glued to their screen, fingers on the keyboard silently tic tic tac tac tictictactactoc! Others furiously scrawled ideas as the muse whispered spur. I…
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FOR WRITERS: Speculative Poetry Is Alive!
Read more / watch…: FOR WRITERS: Speculative Poetry Is Alive!The abstraction and aesthetics of poetry increasingly allow writers to infuse poetic text in their prose, sometimes in prose poetic form or as epigraphs in stories, novels, and novellas to enhance the rhythm, impact, and poeticity of the text.
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FOR WRITERS: Writing Down Under
Read more / watch…: FOR WRITERS: Writing Down UnderAustralian writer Eugen Bacon shares tips for finding success when you’re geographically separated from the heart of the publishing world.
