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Jan 21, 2024

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The Writing Cooperative

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Chris Sowers

Powerful First-Sentence Techniques for Personal Essays and Creative Nonfiction

Titles are for clickbait. First sentences are where the real magic happens.

Aug 27, 2023

Powerful First-Sentence Techniques for Personal Essays and Creative Nonfiction

Aug 27, 2023

Linda Lum

Alzheimer's Journal: The Final Entry

What end-stage dementia looks like

Aug 1, 2023

Alzheimer's Journal: The Final Entry

Aug 1, 2023

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UX Planet

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Rita Kind-Envy

People Don’t Read Online—They Scan. This Is How to Write for Them

9 eye-scanning patterns, 10 ways to adapt the text for max readability.

Oct 12, 2022

People Don’t Read Online—They Scan. This Is How to Write for Them

Oct 12, 2022

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The Writing Cooperative

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John Ilho

What Many Writers Don’t Understand About Character Development

How to make readers care about your characters

Feb 8, 2023

What Many Writers Don’t Understand About Character Development

Feb 8, 2023

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The Every Day Novelist

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Shaunta Grimes

The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Story Structure

The way stories have been told since cavemen.

Aug 7, 2019

The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Story Structure

Aug 7, 2019

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The Storyteller’s Vault

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Chelsea Marie

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Twenty-Two

Prompts for May 28th to June 3rd

Jun 4, 2022

Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Twenty-Two

Jun 4, 2022

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The Writing Cooperative

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Margery Bayne

Don’t Be Boring: The Worst Sin of Fiction

Three elements of storytelling needed to keep fiction of any genre engaging

Jul 19, 2021

Don’t Be Boring: The Worst Sin of Fiction

Jul 19, 2021

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Creators Hub

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Diane Callahan

What All Writers Can Learn from Folktales (Writing Exercise)

Folktales ignite our imaginations and reveal facets of human nature.

Jul 19, 2022

The title text “Writing Lessons from Folktales” is overlaid on a Warwick Goble illustration of Beauty and the Beast, with a beautiful woman looking down at a man with the head of a beast.

Jul 19, 2022

Eric Weiner

Why Coffee Shops Spark Creativity

No, it’s not the caffeine

Aug 29, 2022

Why Coffee Shops Spark Creativity

Aug 29, 2022

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Creators Hub

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Medium Creators

What to Write About in August: The Thing Only You Know

Every month here on Creators Hub, we share writing prompts to help you get those ideas flowing. Something that never ceases to amaze us…

Aug 1, 2022

What to Write About in August: The Thing Only You Know

Aug 1, 2022

Elin Melaas

Organize Your Writing With Scrivener

Gather everything you need in one project

May 21, 2022

Organize Your Writing With Scrivener

May 21, 2022

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New Writers Welcome

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Jessica Rabel

Templates for Writing an Article People Will Actually Read

They will be drooling over your work like a puppy watching dessert.

Jan 20, 2022

Templates for Writing an Article People Will Actually Read

Jan 20, 2022

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