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Alison Acheson
Jun 1
Writing the Collection of Connected Short Stories
And “Why not a novel?”
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Alison Acheson
Apr 7
Gossip and the Writer
Does it have a place?
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Alison Acheson
Mar 7
Quantity and/or Quality in Daily Writing
Revisiting Dorothea Brande’s idea of “20 minutes EVERY day”
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Alison Acheson
Jan 31
Dealing
With Rejection — What Happens After You “Own Your Weird” Writing?
It’s even more personal
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Alison Acheson
Jan 25
Pets and Animals in Novels and Short Stories
Where are they?
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Alison Acheson
Jan 8
Working With “Mystery” in Fiction
John Keats’ idea of ‘
negative capability’
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Alison Acheson
Dec 12, 2023
Short Fiction in Your Writer’s Apprenticeship
Still has a role
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Alison Acheson
Nov 26, 2023
Character(istic) Flip-sides
Develop your characters with other aspects of a characteristic
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Alison Acheson
Nov 15, 2023
How to Create Story Ideas for Children’s Books
Get yourself back to the Garden
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Alison Acheson
Nov 6, 2023
Writers: Forget One-Dimensional Character Worksheets!
“Inter-lands” — a new way —
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