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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 and write two-word stories about my dog, a champagne cocker spaniel named Muffin who caused a great stir by biting a neighbor child beside…

Writing

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Writing

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·5 days ago

Transform your writing life in 2023

Join a small cohort of dedicated writers for Novel in Nine. In 2019, I decided to do an experiment. What if I got 16 aspiring writers together for nine months and coached them through the process of writing a novel from page one? What if they received weekly lessons and…

Writing

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Writing

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Published in Fiction Attic Press

·Oct 28

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

Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Oct 20

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 great way to start the year. Kickstart Your Novel in 21 Days begins on January 9th. In this course, you will lay the groundwork for your novel in three weeks. With daily lessons and assignments and weekly live group coaching sessions, you will get the inspiration, motivation, and practical advice you need to get your novel off the ground. You will get inspired, start writing, and find the heart of your story, setting yourself up for a successful 2023.

Novel Writing

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Novel Writing

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Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Sep 1

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

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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Novel Writing

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Published in Fiction Attic Press

·May 19

Why Fiction Attic Press Is Leaving Medium

Medium’s New Mandatory AI Narration is a Big No for Publishers — The short take: Ficiton Attic is now on substack. When you subscribe for free on substack, you get a new flash fiction every week in your inbox. The Long Version We are taking a break indefinitely from publishing stories on Medium and removing all previously published stories (you can still find them on…

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Why Fiction Attic Press Is Leaving Medium

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Published in Fiction Attic Press

·May 16

The Truth Is

Flash Fiction by Stephanie Buesinger You can read this story at FictionAttic.com. Originally published at http://fictionattic.com on May 16, 2022. SUBMIT your stories to Fiction Attic Press.

Flash Fiction

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Flash Fiction

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The Truth Is

Flash Fiction by Stephanie Buesinger

You can read this story at FictionAttic.com.

Originally published at http://fictionattic.com on May 16, 2022. SUBMIT your stories to Fiction Attic Press.

Published in Fiction Attic Press

·Mar 27

Here, From Outer Space

Flash Fiction by Mackenzie Singh — At the sculpture park we fail to connect. By connect, I mean recover. And so, we stack rocks. You can read this story at FictionAttic.com. Subscribe to get new flash fictions in twice a month in your inbox. Submit your flash fiction or personal essays to Fiction Attic (we pay our writers).

Flash Fiction

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Flash Fiction

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Here, From Outer Space

Flash Fiction by Mackenzie Singh

At the sculpture park we fail to connect. By connect, I mean recover. And so, we stack rocks.

You can read this story at FictionAttic.com.

Subscribe to get new flash fictions in twice a month in your inbox.

Submit your flash fiction or personal essays to Fiction Attic (we pay our writers).

Published in The Caffeinated Writer

·Jan 6

How to Write Suspenseful Fiction

The Art of “What Happens Next” in Any Genre — Suspense, simply stated, is the quality of the story that causes readers to wonder, “What happens next?” Whether you’re writing a literary novel or a genre novel or a novel that falls somewhere between the two (as most novels do), there’s no story without suspense. …

How To Write A Novel

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