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You Completed NaNoWriMo / PiBoWriMo / Poetic Asides November Challenge – Now What?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by robinaburrows

November was a month for writing challenges. Now that November is over and you’ve had some time to recuperate, what do you do with the new masterpieces? REVISE! Unless you’re a born-genius, the first draft of your writing is probably terrible. Here are some tips for revising your novel, picture book or poetry: Novels: I … Continue reading »

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What Gives a Story Soul?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by robinaburrows

What gives a story soul? I asked this question a year ago, and the answers varied. As you may have guessed from my previous post, I recently started watching Glee. What does that have to do with the infinite search for the soul of stories? In one episode, the Glee students write songs. Their first … Continue reading »

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Blog: Musings on How Writing Is Easy…Or Is It?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by robinaburrows

Happy Children’s Book Week! Recently I met someone who told me writing was easy (in particular writing children’s picture books). He is not a writer and as far as I know has never written anything creative.  He said that he could write a computer program to write picture books. He would have three words on … Continue reading »

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Blog: Happy Halloween and #NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 31, 2011 by robinaburrows

Happy Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Hallow’s Eve, #NaNoWriMo Eve and anything else you may be celebrating today. October flew by in a blur and I expect November and December will do the same. Aside from turkey and dressing, one of the biggest things November is known for by writers is NaNoWriMo (That’s short … Continue reading »

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