Catching Up With the Writer’s Toolkit

In case you missed my weekly series on The Writing Cooperative

Melinda Crow
Breakout Writing
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3 min readNov 21, 2020

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It’s hard to believe that week number six is here. I have been having so much fun working on this ongoing series for The Writing Cooperative. The goal is to help you explore specific tools — whether they are books, websites, apps, or language itself, not just from a review perspective, but to decide how to put them to work.

Here’s what we’ve covered so far.

Week 1:

We kicked off the series with a subject we all fret over —when, where, and how often should we use the pronoun I? It’s an incredibly powerful word that can either connect you to your readers or send them packing.

Week 2:

You want your writing to be expressive, soulful, and well, art. Nobody is telling you those things are wrong. But what your readers want you to know is that they’ll trust you more if you write by the rules — at least until they know you better. That’s where templates come in. Fiction writers use them…

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Melinda Crow
Breakout Writing

30-year freelancer. Found on: Newsweek, The Points Guy, Cruise Critic, MSN Travel, Writing Cooperative. Falcon Guide author. https://melindacrow.substack.com/