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Giving Effective Feedback to Creative Writers
Feedback

Giving Effective Feedback to Creative Writers

Your writing partner has asked for some feedback on her novel. Now what?

  • Amy Diane Short
    Amy Diane Short
5 min read
Theme Queen
Effective Story Telling

Theme Queen

Having a deep connection to a theme is one reason a reader can’t set that perfect book down.

  • Amy Diane Short
    Amy Diane Short
3 min read
Urban Fantasy
Genre

Urban Fantasy

Even supernatural beings must cope with problems like lead paint and aging transportation infrastructure.

  • Amy Diane Short
    Amy Diane Short
4 min read
Panning for Gold
Personal Effectiveness

Panning for Gold

Waste is my sworn enemy. There has to be a way to work smarter than this!

  • Amy Diane Short
    Amy Diane Short
2 min read
Cause and Effect
world-building

Cause and Effect

Like the ripples in a pond disturbed by a stone, each rule we set down for our fictional world pushes out a series of consequences.

  • Amy Diane Short
    Amy Diane Short
3 min read
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