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J.J. Richardson
Jan 5, 20216 min read
How to Make Fiction Magical
A story that is not relatable is of little use to anyone no matter how clearly it is written.
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J.J. Richardson
Feb 11, 201910 min read
Unfinished Business
If my mother were to haunt me from the next world (which would be a surprise because she is alive), I know what her incantation would be.
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J.J. Richardson
Sep 7, 20183 min read
Voice: Your Writing Style
Every author has what literary experts call voice. It took me years to realize that voice simply meant the author's unique writing style.
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J.J. Richardson
Jul 20, 201712 min read
How to Write a Novel
I’ve read hundreds of websites and more than twenty books meant to help authors write novels. Most of them didn’t help me.
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J.J. Richardson
May 19, 20174 min read
Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing
Gertrude Stein famously wrote, “The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”
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J.J. Richardson
Dec 17, 20162 min read
You Are the Expert
Your fans want to know that you know what you’re doing.
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J.J. Richardson
Nov 27, 20168 min read
When Is It Good Enough?
I read somewhere that "a good short story with one extra word is a bad short story."
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J.J. Richardson
Nov 17, 20164 min read
Journey of 1,000 Interesting Steps
With a bit of skewed math, we can squeeze a decent novella out of one thousand sentences.
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J.J. Richardson
Nov 4, 20163 min read
The Page Game
I have played a game for years that has helped transform my writing from banal lethargy to transcendent elegance.
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J.J. Richardson
Oct 1, 20163 min read
Receiving Criticism
Recall the adage, the customer is always right?
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