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Tag: Advice

October 17, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Mecca, Medina, and the Mysterious Art of Writing What You Know, a guest post by S. K. Ali

Unfettered, fearless writing doesn’t just break or make new molds; it is so confident that it reshapes those molds into sturdy bridges that allows readers of all backgrounds to walk across safely.

September 13, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

What is Writing? A guest post by Michelle Mohrweis

If you asked younger me what a writer looks like, they never would have imagined that it could be somebody like me, walking in circles around a room, talking aloud to themself as they tell their computer a story. 

August 3, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

A Deep Dive Into Middle School, a guest post by Jessica Speer

During the middle school years, kids are in different phases of development, navigating puberty, exploring their identities, and transitioning from childhood into young adulthood. To say a lot is going on would be an understatement.

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Counterintuitive Writing Tips That Will Help You Actually Finish That Book, a guest post by Stephan Lee

April 5, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I realized that all the amazing writing tips out there are only helpful to a point. What turned me into a writer who could actually finish projects and get them published had more to do with growing as a human being than literal writing advice.

I Could Plaster My Walls With Rejection Letters—and a Million Lessons Learned, a guest post by Alexandria Rogers

February 2, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Be bold enough to believe in your own extraordinary perseverance. And do the most miraculous, bravest act of all that would make even the Knights of the Round Table gleam with pride: create, and persist.

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