Write What You Don't Know

Author and writing coach Colleen Patrick shares how writing what you don't know (or at least as if you don't) leads to deeper writing.

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Write What You Don’t Know

Author and writing coach Colleen Patrick shares how writing what you don't know (or at least as if you don't) leads to deeper writing.
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Write What You Don't Know

Author and writing coach Colleen Patrick shares how writing what you don't know (or at least as if you don't) leads to deeper writing.

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Write What Haunts You: The Urgency of Unsettling Fiction

Author Patrick O'Dowd discusses why it's important to write what haunts you, as well as the urgency (and importance) of unsettling fiction.

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Today's #excerpt:

It was becoming increasingly clear to him why so many locals had mixed feelings about the visitors who kept the town in business while being annoying rotwits. He felt like yelling, “Get out of my way! I live here!” often enough he worried he was turning into a complete jerk. Or, perhaps, had always been one.

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I had a deeply haunting and humbling dream last night.

In the dream, I was leaving an after-hours house party – a sub-nod to my past days as an eager night owl – at 4am with a group of friends dubbed the "experience scientists."

As we crossed through a public park, an attractive stranger approached me and, purposely rejected me but in doing so, offered the most blunt advice and valid criticisms of my character.

Then I woke up at 4am.

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I made one of those cards! I don't understand anything about how cards work! I have never played MtG! No clue!

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Your Authentic Stories Plant the Seeds for More Stories

Write what you know is an old adage. And there are times, such as my equestrian lit works, where it weaves seamlessly into the work and the knowledge shines through. Then there are others where you either don't want to have experienced or

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Your Authentic Stories Plant the Seeds for More Stories - Epona Author Solutions

Write what you know is an old adage. And there are times, such as my equestrian lit works, where it weaves seamlessly into the work and the knowledge shines through. Then there are others where you either don't want to have experienced or known what was happening (thinking mysteries or horror) or where the setting

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