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Recipe for a great Saturday afternoon: Hang with other authors and learn the craft and business of writing. For info on our next meeting, join our mailing list at atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife #amquerying
T-shirt, cap & mugs with Atlanta Writers Club messages and logo.
Pick up gifts for your writer friends and help the AWC at the same time. Go to cafepress.com/awc. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Toni Morrison and quote: "Writing is really a way of thinking - not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic, or just sweet."
Hear award-winning author Phyllis Gobbel discuss strategies for using life moments to uncover emotional truths in your writing, followed by multi-genre author and life coach Bernette Sherman with tips on how writers can achieve long-term wellness. The meeting is free for first-time visitors.
You’re invited to our April meeting at GSU-Dunwoody. Nosh and network with other writers from 12:45 to 1:30. Join our mailing list to learn more: atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Subtext is just two characters who both know the real conversation — and are choosing not to have it.
When you write subtext well, the reader feels the weight of what isn't being said.
That tension is doing more work than the dialogue itself.
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Using Contradictions to Create Microtension – Part 6
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The middle of a story isn't where momentum dies.
It's where the protagonist discovers the problem is different from what they thought it was.
If your middle is sagging, the issue usually isn't pacing.
It's that nothing has been genuinely reframed yet.
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Tell that doubting voice in your head to shut the hell up. Find your voice. AtlantaWritersClub.org.
The three-act structure isn't a formula.
It's a description of how humans process change.
Writers who reject it aren't being experimental. They're usually just avoiding the hard question: what does your character actually lose?
Fight me.
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Whether you're beginning your author career or are celebrating years of success, you can always improve on your craft. One great option? Online creative writing workshops! ow.ly/TqW250BXXTj #writing #amwriting #writechat #authortips #writetip #writerslife #writingcommunity
The scene that reveals character isn't the dramatic one.
It's the small one. The choice no one is watching.
What your character does when there's no consequence either way — that's who they actually are.
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Douglas Adams and quote: "It takes an awful lot of time to not writer a book."
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The Newsletter Market Is Crowded, But Most of Your Competition Is Easy to Beat.
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The advice your parents gave you in grade school still holds true as you work to develop your writing style: be yourself. How to develop a distinct but natural way of writing: ow.ly/czQS50BwTY7 #writing #amwriting #writechat #authortips #writetip #writerslife #language
Your opening line doesn't need to be beautiful.
It needs to create a question the reader must answer before they can put the book down.
Everything else is secondary.
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Conflict without consequence is noise.
Every fight, argument, or revelation needs to change something the character cannot take back.
If your scene ends and your character could still make the same choice they would have made before, the scene hasn't done its job yet.
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Ocean sunrise and Maggie O’Farrell quote: “The idea of second-guessing your reader is dangerous, trying to please some notional reader looking over your shoulder instead of just yourself.”
Write your own truth. All those phantom readers, agents, and editors won’t do it for you. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
The Atlanta Writers Conference in May will be bigger and better than ever. Twenty-eight literary agents and editors will be there to hear your pitch and critique your manuscript. Sign up at atlantawritersconference.com/about/. #amquerying #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Don't write and drive. Find your voice. AtlantaWritersClub.org.
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What Experience Do You Need Before You Start Writing Your First Novel?
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George Sorenson holding two of his books.
Jared Kauffman.
Thanks to our great speakers George Sorenson and Jared Kauffman, our volunteers and all who attended our March meeting. Join our mailing list to learn about our April meeting and other activities for writers: atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Miles Davis and quote: "Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
