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Nicholas Barron

Nov 12, 2021

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Writing Tips and Advice

A collection of the best writing tips, advice, and guidance from across Medium.

Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA

5 Lessons that Helped Me Grow as a Writer

Here’s how dramatic writing workshops and different forms of writing are surprisingly helpful.

Nov 11, 2021

5 Lessons that Helped Me Grow as a Writer

Nov 11, 2021

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The Write Path

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Jessica Lynn

Use Law of 100 to Establish and Fortify a Lucrative Writing Habit

From writing for free to writing for money.

Nov 9, 2021

Use Law of 100 to Establish and Fortify a Lucrative Writing Habit

Nov 9, 2021

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The Startup

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Amanda Laughtland

How to Proofread Your Creative Writing More Effectively

Strategies for fiction and nonfiction writers, and poets, too

Nov 10, 2021

How to Proofread Your Creative Writing More Effectively

Nov 10, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

by

Margery Bayne

Two Short Story Plots Beginner Writers Should Avoid

And what to do instead

Aug 25, 2021

Two Short Story Plots Beginner Writers Should Avoid

Aug 25, 2021

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Creators Hub

by

Susan Orlean

How to Go From Good to Great Using Your Powers of Observation

God is definitely in the details

Nov 4, 2021

How to Go From Good to Great Using Your Powers of Observation

Nov 4, 2021

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Business of Writing

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Simon Whaley - Author | Writer | Photographer

Living the LitFest Limelight

How writers can get involved in literary festivals

Nov 2, 2021

Living the LitFest Limelight

Nov 2, 2021

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The Startup

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Anna Senkina

Writing an Engaging Article in 9 Steps

A guide which can help you sell anything (even a flying broom)

Nov 2, 2021

A picture of a broom for sale.

Nov 2, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

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Sandi Parsons

Quoting Song Lyrics Could Cost You Big $

You need to do more legwork than a simple artist credit

Oct 30, 2021

A toy penguin wearing headphones

Oct 30, 2021

In

Writers’ Blokke

by

Evan Watkins

How to Introduce A Character in One Paragraph

How do you introduce a new character?

Oct 27, 2021

How to Introduce A Character in One Paragraph

Oct 27, 2021

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ILLUMINATION

by

Tim Denning

I Spent Three Months Collecting the Best Underrated Writing Tips on the Internet

Here they are

Oct 27, 2021

I Spent Three Months Collecting the Best Underrated Writing Tips on the Internet

Oct 27, 2021

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The Partnered Pen

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Karen Banes

Eleven Awesome Free Tools for Writers and Bloggers

You don’t always have to spend money to make money

Oct 24, 2021

Eleven Awesome Free Tools for Writers and Bloggers

Oct 24, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

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Nicholas Barron

Three Crucial Ingredients for Building a Profitable Writing Business

How I built a full-time income writing and you can, too

Oct 26, 2021

Person counting cash with their hands

Oct 26, 2021

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Creators Hub

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Medium Creators

What Goes Into an Award-Winning Essay?

Some notes from The Medium Writers Challenge

Oct 20, 2021

What Goes Into an Award-Winning Essay?

Oct 20, 2021

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Better Marketing

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Jonah Malin

How to Come Up With Hundreds of Remarkable Article Ideas

It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.

Oct 14, 2021

Black and white rocket with pink speckles

Oct 14, 2021

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Writers’ Blokke

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Sherrell Writes

Submittable Got Me $697 From a Foundation I Knew Nothing About!

If you haven’t signed up for the free service Submittable, DO IT NOW!!

Oct 8, 2021

Submittable Got Me $697 From a Foundation I Knew Nothing About!

Oct 8, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

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Lisa Papademetriou

What We Talk About When We Talk About Plot Outlines

A novel is more than just a bunch of stuff that happens, and your outline should capture it all

Oct 15, 2021

Black and white “outline” image of an open book among many novels. Pen nearby.

Oct 15, 2021

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The Startup

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Sandra Wendel

The Annoying Writing Practice that Writers Should Rethink

The lowly epigraph takes it in the shorts from this nonfiction editor

Jun 18, 2021

The Annoying Writing Practice that Writers Should Rethink

Jun 18, 2021

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