“There is no great writing, only great rewriting.”- Justice Brandeis
“It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn’t advance the story.” – Frank Yerby
“If you cannot gain an emotional reaction from your reader, then you have not written well enough.” – ACL
Yasmin Shiraz – Someone who makes a difference – an activist and author who helps and empowers our teens –http://www.yasminshiraz.net/
Her latest book, Retaliation, a novel about a community’s response to violence, led Shiraz to partner with the Boys and Girls Clubs in creating violence prevention programs for youth . . . (excerpt from Yasmin Shiraz’s Bio)
Make it Easy for Your Readers to Participate – By Darren Rowse – Problogger – http://goo.gl/hk7pE
What Your Boss Needs to Know About Engagement – By Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/mCbG2
Why Aren’t You Using More Public Domain Characters? – By Robert Smedley – Fuel Your Writing – http://goo.gl/0l4K9
Who filled my creative well with rocks? – By Di Mace – Word Swords – http://goo.gl/p0J8z
Quote(s) of the Day
“Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up on rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.” – Unknown
1. Alerts: Lobster Press and Dailey Swan Publishing – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/pKVqU
2. Poet Tomas Transtromer Reacts to Winning the Nobel Prize for Literature – By Writers Blog – http://goo.gl/3bK8V
3. How to: Recycle Your E-Waste – By Daiane Pham – My Life Scoop – http://goo.gl/W5Co5
4. Creepy Skull Sculptures are Made from Grains, Herbs, and Spices – By Lori Zimmer, inhabitat – http://goo.gl/AkTyB – Creepy but imaginative and life like!
5. Should You Lend to Friends and Family? – By Maggie Wells – WiseBread – http://goo.gl/s8u65
6. Page Critique: The Importance of Staying With Your Character – By Nathan Bransford – http://goo.gl/pmajN
7. Make the Dangerous Choice to Dissent – by Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/mIJ0q
8. 20 More Smothered Verbs Set Free – B Mark Nichol – DailyWritingTips – http://goo.gl/nlg2M – Good way to reduce word count!
9. Dina Sleiman’s Interview & Book Giveaway – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/4W2RY
Quote of the Day
“The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions.” – John Updike
Writing Contest
Writing Contest – James Hearst Poetry Prize – North American Review – Deadline Oct. 31, 2011 – http://goo.gl/DXxPs
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