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Tag: writing advice

  • Dear New Slicer: Slice of Life #sol18 2/31

    Dear New Slicer: Slice of Life #sol18 2/31

    Dear New Slicer, I’m so glad you’ve joined the March Slice of Life Story Challenge! Your first posts yesterday gave me energy and inspiration—and also reminded me that newbie and veteran Slicers alike share the same trepidation at the beginning of March. Where will the ideas come from? Do I really have 31 different pieces…

  • Advice for Making it Through NaNoWriMo

    Last year, Brittany participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time, and she’s planning to do it again this year. NaNo starts in two short weeks, and she has asked for some NaNo advice. Here goes: FINDING THE TIME You will need roughly an hour a day to write if you’re going to “win.” Some days,…