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If we read like writers, we’ll find lessons – on what to do and what not to do – in everything we read. I recently found this lesson in the power of not spelling things out in a recent novel by [...]

We’re often asked about that most troublesome of subjects – back story. It’s easy to tell you what not to do. Don’t include paragraphs of explanation. We don’t need to be told all there is to [...]

People always talk about stand-up comedians and their timing – but you seldom hear people comment on the excellent timing of writers. And yet timing is essential to making a piece of writing [...]