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		<title>The Importance of Maintaining the Author&#8217;s Voice When Editing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not uncommon for authors at all levels to be wary of editorial assistance if this means it will involve actually omitting or adding material to their drafts. When completed, will it still be &#8220;my&#8221; work? is the question on these writers&#8217; minds.
Handled Correctly, the Writer Will Notice Only One Thing
This single issue is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Dialogue&#8211;Techniques to Remedy the Overuse of Speaker Attributes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Two People Are Speaking, Less Is More
It&#8217;s always crucial to make certain the reader knows who&#8217;s speaking, but when it is just two people, it&#8217;s not necessary for one to identify the other in every other sentence: &#8220;John, it&#8217;s wonderful to see you again.&#8221; &#8220;Martha, I&#8217;m so glad you feel that way.&#8221; &#8220;Why, John, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Begin Dialogue in a Novel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very first thing that everyone learns about writing dialogue is that we can't write exactly in the way people speak any more than we can speak in the identical manner in which people write. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Major Characters Must Change for a Story to Be Effective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the main principles behind sound plot development is the change a major character must experience for the storyline to be effective. And make no mistake about it, this character must be different at the end of the story from what the writer presents at the outset. Yet the ability to show the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Gain Permission to Use Copyrighted Material</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked by both clients and those who attend my creative-writing workshops about using material from other work, whether it be citing a title or reprinting an entire passage.  Citing a title of a work is not a problem, unless it could be construed in a negative way as it relates to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Price Points for an E-Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can an Unknown Writer Compete at a Higher Price Point Than a Franchise Author?
The question posed by the subtitle is too absurd to even consider, yet it happens all the time.  My favorite story involves a fellow who thought so much of his skill that he priced his e-book at $16.  After a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Query Letter Dissected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written many articles during the past few years on the art of composing query letters, and these have consistently ranked among the most popular of anything I&#8217;ve published.  But even after explaining what an agent is looking for, and that a query must read like liner notes and not a synopsis, I continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Agents and Publishers Edit Manuscripts?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Writing for Publication&#8211;Will Agents or Publishers Edit a Manuscript?
A short while ago a young scribe wrote over a post of mine that writers did not need to have their manuscripts edited prior to submitting them to an agent or publisher.  His rationale was that agents and/or publishers would provide the service, and therefore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Is It Too Early to Query an Agent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many writers are so eager to have their work considered by an agent or publisher that they neglect to have it professionally edited. Some assume the agent or publisher will provide the editing that might be necessary. This article explains both the fallacy and reality of this thinking.]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem with Writing in Mixed Genres</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never realized the problem with writing a novel that fit in with many genres until I received a rejection many years ago from a publisher who had at one time been my editor. She told my agent that my thriller fit medical, military, and political genres and her imprint&#8217;s guidelines were too restrictive to [...]]]></description>
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