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Write your novel (for real) in 2023

Join a small cohort of dedicated writers and get your novel on the page. In 2019, I decided to do an experiment. What if I got a small group of aspiring writers together for nine months and coached them through the process of writing a novel from page one? What…

Writing

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Writing

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I Asked ChatGPT to Write Fiction and It Turned into a Moral Showdown

on murder, consent, ChatGPT’s copyright confession, and the literary limits of AI — All this talk of ChatGPT has me worried that I’ll soon be out of a job, so I decided to put it to the test. Could ChatGPT write fiction? Could it write good fiction? Below you will find my exchange with ChatGPT transcribed verbatim, with my editorial notes in parenthesis…

Chatgpt

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Chatgpt

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5 Powerful Daily Habits for Writers

Embracing Uncertainty, Solitude, and the Ticking Clock — I’ve been writing seriously for more than half of my life, and writing for the love of it ever since I could pick up a crayon. I published my first book twenty years ago, a linked story collection that sold fewer than 2,000 copies. By then, I had been diligently…

Writing

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Writing

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January Writing Bootcamp Starts Now

Kickstart Your Novel or Memoir in 21 Days It’s a new year, which means there’s a good chance you want to commit (or recommit) to writing your book. Whether you are writing a novel or a memoir, maybe you could use some inspiration and practical advice to help you get…

Novel Writing

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Novel Writing

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Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Dec 29, 2022

Writing Rituals to Bring You Joy

We embrace rituals in so many aspects of our lives: the morning ritual (coffee, shower, bed-making), the evening ritual (pajamas, reading, lights-out), holiday rituals, rituals to celebrate and to mourn. Your writing life deserves a ritual too. …

Writing

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Writing

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Published in Fiction Attic Press

·Dec 13, 2022

New Serial Fiction at Fiction Attic Press

Read our first serialized novella or submit your own Fiction Attic Press is thrilled to announce we’re now publishing serial fiction. Our first serialized book of fiction, The Man of the House Comes Home, is a novella-in-flash by Elle Enderlin. Every chapter is offered in audio and written format. Read or listen to chapter one here. To help us in this new endeavor, we are also seeking submissions of novellas-in-flash. As always, we pay our writers.

Serial Fiction

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Serial Fiction

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New Serial Fiction at Fiction Attic Press

Read our first serialized novella or submit your own

Fiction Attic Press is thrilled to announce we’re now publishing serial fiction. Our first serialized book of fiction, The Man of the House Comes Home, is a novella-in-flash by Elle Enderlin. Every chapter is offered in audio and written format.

Read or listen to chapter one here.

To help us in this new endeavor, we are also seeking submissions of novellas-in-flash. As always, we pay our writers.

You can submit your fiction here. Of course, we continue to accept standalone flash fiction submissions, which we’ve been reading, loving, celebrating, and publishing since 2005.

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·Oct 28, 2022

The Art of the Question

Developing flash fiction through instinct — Fiction Attic Press’s new On Writing series is now up and running on Substack. In today’s post, we talk about developing flash fiction through questions, and we look at an inspiring short-short story that may lead you into your own writing. Read the post on Substack. (If you missed it, Substack is our new home. That’s where you’ll find weekly flash fiction, audio posts read by real live human persons, writing prompts, and other good stuff, all delivered directly to your inbox).

Writing

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Writing

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The Art of the Question

Developing flash fiction through instinct

Fiction Attic Press’s new On Writing series is now up and running on Substack. In today’s post, we talk about developing flash fiction through questions, and we look at an inspiring short-short story that may lead you into your own writing.

Read the post on Substack.

(If you missed it, Substack is our new home. That’s where you’ll find weekly flash fiction, audio posts read by real live human persons, writing prompts, and other good stuff, all delivered directly to your inbox).

M. Richmond

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·Oct 20, 2022

Kickstart Your Novel in 21 Days

Now open for enrollment — This is just a quick note to let you know that my new novel writing class for 2023, Kickstart Your Novel in 21 Days, is now open for enrollment. Whether you’re writing your first novel or memoir or want to breathe new life into your writing habit, this is a…

Novel Writing

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Novel Writing

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Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Sep 1, 2022

Decluttering for Creatives

How to (Gently) Break up with Your Stuff — Like all creative types, writers tend to accumulate. Buying is easy. One can always conjure up a need, real or imagined. One can always envision a place in one’s home or in one’s life for those shoes (won’t they look great at the reading?), that bookshelf (to handle the ever-growing…

Decluttering

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Decluttering

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Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Aug 15, 2022

Should Your Novel Have a Prologue?

Or should you just start with chapter one? — A student in my novel-writing class recently asked, “Should my novel have a prologue?” While there’s really no hard and fast rule about prologues, there are a few questions to ask to determine if a prologue is right for your novel. What is a prologue? A prologue is simply a chapter that comes before…

Novel Writing

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