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    How to Make Fiction Magical
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to Make Fiction Magical

    A story that is not relatable is of little use to anyone no matter how clearly it is written.
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    Unfinished Business
    J.J. Richardson
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 10 min

    Unfinished Business

    If my mother were to haunt me from the next world (which would be a surprise because she is alive), I know what her incantation would be.
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    Voice: Your Writing Style
    J.J. Richardson
    • Sep 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    Voice: Your Writing Style

    Every author has what literary experts call voice. It took me years to realize that voice simply meant the author's unique writing style.
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    How to Write a Novel
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jul 20, 2017
    • 11 min

    How to Write a Novel

    I’ve read hundreds of websites and more than twenty books meant to help authors write novels. Most of them didn’t help me.
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    Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing
    J.J. Richardson
    • May 19, 2017
    • 4 min

    Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing

    Gertrude Stein famously wrote, “The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”
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    You Are the Expert
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 17, 2016
    • 2 min

    You Are the Expert

    Your fans want to know that you know what you’re doing.
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    When Is It Good Enough?
    J.J. Richardson
    • Nov 27, 2016
    • 7 min

    When Is It Good Enough?

    I read somewhere that "a good short story with one extra word is a bad short story."
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    Journey of 1,000 Interesting Steps
    J.J. Richardson
    • Nov 17, 2016
    • 4 min

    Journey of 1,000 Interesting Steps

    With a bit of skewed math, we can squeeze a decent novella out of one thousand sentences.
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    The Page Game
    J.J. Richardson
    • Nov 4, 2016
    • 3 min

    The Page Game

    I have played a game for years that has helped transform my writing from banal lethargy to transcendent elegance.
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    Receiving Criticism
    J.J. Richardson
    • Oct 1, 2016
    • 3 min

    Receiving Criticism

    Recall the adage, the customer is always right?
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