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     Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 13, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals

    Frequently when we’re asked to assess someone’s manuscript, or help a writer brainstorm a story idea, we have to begin by stating a fundamental principle of fiction. It is, we […]

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     Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 29, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles

    On Page 382 of Colm Toibin’s The Magician, a biographical novel which takes as its subject the life of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers, the German Thomas […]

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     Monday Motivation: Devilishly convincing details
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 14, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Devilishly convincing details

    Creative writing is not, as some suppose, an arcane art over which only the select few are ever granted mastery, or to which there is access via a magic key, a secret skill available only to the [...]

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     Writing Secrets: Never rush a fight
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 20, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Never rush a fight

    Fights, or action sequences, which involve many peripheral characters, are difficult to write well. We have a tendency to rush them. We give the results of the clash, rather than […]

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     Writing Secrets: The significance of detail
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 28, 2018

    Writing Secrets: The significance of detail

    I’m a great believer in the power of detail in creative writing. Carefully observed specific details can transform a manuscript and bring it vividly to life. That’s why I was […]

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     Monday Motivation: The power of textural memory
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted September 5, 2016

    Monday Motivation: The power of textural memory

    Returning to Venice reveals the power of textural memory. You might not remember what palazzo lies round the next corner of the Grand Canal – but you do remember the […]

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    Are we only interested, as writers, in what is cle Are we only interested, as writers, in what is clear and unambiguous – or should we ferret about in the contested territory between truth and lies? That’s the question Richard explores in this Monday’s Motivation. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2023/03/20/boundries_dissolve/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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