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Meet Joe Bunting, the Founder of the Write Practice
Hey there. It’s me, Joe Bunting. Maybe you’ve seen my name around here. Maybe you haven’t (which is fine). I thought I’d take a second…
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Staff Picks: Whales, Waitresses, and Winogrand
Leslie Jamison. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan. Earlier this week I had the rare and enviable—if slightly inconvenient—experience of missing a subway stop because I was so…
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Staff Picks: Ballet, Bob Dylan, and Black Smudges
Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Photo: Erik Tanner. The legendary profiler Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, lives up to the hype. In it, the hardworking…
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Vote for the Winner of the Summer Writing Contest
Last week, hundreds of writers submitted their stories to the Summer Writing Contest. I’ve so enjoyed seeing how these stories have developed. Our contest Facebook group…
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Look At This Bookish Street Art Making The World More Beautiful! Critical Linking, April 24, 2019
Sponsored by our $100 Amazon gift card giveaway! Enter here. Now, with the aid of Dutch street artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed,…
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Can You Guess Which Words Are Real and Which Are Fake?: Critical Linking, May 5, 2019Q
Sponsored by Audible. Quiz: Can you guess which words are real and which are fake? I got 6/10. Audiobooks are often synonymous with long-form narratives.…
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Woman Transforms Rotting Tree Into Charming Neighborhood Library: Critical Linking, January 10, 2019
Sponsored by our Unusual Suspects giveaway of $100 to the bookstore of your choice! An artist in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is charming the Internet with…
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How to Use Psychology to Create Compelling Characters
How do you create characters that resonate with readers, stirring their emotions and rousing their empathy? That’s the goal we all share as writers, right?…
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Feminize Your Canon: Eleanor Dark
IMG 1 TT Eleanor Dark As 1936 switched into 1937, the Australian novelist Eleanor Dark found herself embroiled within an epistolary skirmish together with her…
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