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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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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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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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 20, 2017
- 12 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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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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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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J.J. Richardson
- Nov 27, 2016
- 8 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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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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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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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 1, 2016
- 3 min
Receiving Criticism
Recall the adage, the customer is always right?
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