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About That Voice of Yours

Posted on June 22, 2013 by jayne bowers

  As part of the series of writing tips, here’s number seven: Be true to your own voice. Someone once told me that my voice was clean and crisp. I’m not sure what that means but I like it. Someone … Continue reading →

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Tip Six

Posted on June 19, 2013 by jayne bowers

I need to be more consistent, more focused on following through with a theme until I’ve exhausted everything I know to say about it. But then, things come up. Interesting things that catch my fancy like beautiful sunrises on the … Continue reading →

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Opening Sentences, Scene Descriptions, and Dialect

Posted on June 10, 2013 by jayne bowers

The muse mojo refuses to come out and play today. Anne Lamott said, “All I know is that if I sit long enough, something will happen,“ but so far that hasn’t been my experience today. I’ve been jumping up and down to … Continue reading →

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Ten Thousand Hours

Posted on May 19, 2013 by jayne bowers

I’m jumping right into a continuation of Friday’s post on writing tips. Granted, I’m a novice, but I have picked up some excellent advice over the past couple of years and am willing to share it.  Perhaps it will help … Continue reading →

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Answering Rosa’s Question

Posted on May 16, 2013 by jayne bowers

Our conversation went something like this. I say “something like this” because I’m not so  hot at dialogue, and my memory is imperfect. So is everyone’s, but that’s a story for another day. “How do you go about writing a … Continue reading →

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