The Writer’s Craft

An index of discussions concerning problems and opportunities that writers commonly encounter. Everything in green is a link and will open in a new window.

Basic Principles
Effective Prose Style : Mark Twain What Was Mark Twain’s Real Target? Bertil Falk, Gary Inbinder, Don Webb
General
What Do Editors Want? (discussion) Finding a Writing Voice : David H. Fears The Five Stages of a Writing Workshop : Kenneth Nichols The Meaning of Stories : D. M. Paramskas Rejections : Jerry Wright
Composition Code and Message : Bill Bowler Endings : Don Webb The Larger Story Bill Bowler, Gary Inbinder, Don Webb Narration and Point of View : Bill Bowler Narrative Voice Clyde Andrews, S. Michael Leier, Don Webb Subtlety and Symbol : Don Webb Who’s Your Audience? : Don Webb Writing Action and Plot : Don Webb Writing Pastiches : Don Webb Prose Genres The Art of Flash Fiction : Gloria Watts Narrative Time : Bill Bowler Short Fiction vs. Novel : Carmen Ruggero Space Aliens as Metaphor : Don Webb Poetry Beasts of My Land : Michael Murry Gaelic Bardic Verse : Michael Murry		Grammar and Mechanics California, Here I Comma : Don Webb The Million-Dollar Commas : Clyde Andrews Those Commas of Yore : Gary Inbinder Jots and Tittles : Michael E. Lloyd and Don Webb Fun With Present Participles : Don Webb

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