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Publishing a memoir may require buy-in from others
Is Consent Needed from Others for Personal Writing ? Many personal writing projects get shelved at the concept stage because of fears about how others portrayed might respond. What’s lost is not just a...
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What Drove Europeans to Settle in 20th century Canada?
Leaving Behind the Known World: The James and Isabella Robb Family of Comox, BC This is the first in a series of mini-portraits of 20th century immigrants to British Columbia, exploring what compelled...
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When is a draft manuscript ready for review?
When is a draft manuscript ready for feedback? Writers ache to share their literary darlings with others, but therein lurks danger. To the writer, those first few chapters—or even a first full...
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Tips for organizing research materials
Tips for Organizing Research Material for a Nonfiction Writing Project Nonfiction projects, whether it’s a memoir, an essay about a natural disaster, or a community history, are backed by research. For...
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When and How Should the Nonfiction Writer Offer Insights
When Should the Nonfiction Author Interrupt a Story to Offer Insights? Readers of nonfiction want glimmers of author interpretation, either within an underlying narrator’s ‘voice’, or overtly in...
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Writing Scenes in Fiction and Nonfiction
A scene is a specific moment in time, in which something changes–perhaps irrevocably. Scene Writing in Fiction & Nonfiction A scene unfolds in the moment, dropping readers into the thick of a...
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A sasquatch sighting on Quadra Island, BC
There’s a Sasquatch on Quadra Island, BC Sasquatch sculpture by Alex Whitcombe of Campbell River, at Rebecca Spit Park, Quadra Island, BC A lifelike sculpture of a sasquatch at Quadra Island’s Rebecca...
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Writers Need to Know How Stories Impact Our Brains
How Stories Impact Our Brains Crafting a memorable fiction or nonfiction story requires compelling characters with unmet desires, specific and sensory details that fire the imagination, tension,...
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Choosing a point of view and tense for writing
The Writer’s Stance: Point of View and Tense Options Fiction and nonfiction writers often simply fall into a point of view (POV)—the narrator’s stance—on an intuitive whim, adopting either first-person...
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Captivate Fiction & Nonfiction Readers from the Start A lot rides on the opening, which determines whether—or not—readers will commit to your book. For this reason, it’s best to leave writing the...
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