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Christi Craig is a native Texan living in Wisconsin, working by day as a sign language interpreter and moonlighting as a writer. She leads a creative writing class at a retirement center and a Roundtable at Redbird-Redoak Writing. She is a regular contributor at Write It Sideways and an Editorial Assistant for COMPOSE: A Journal of Simply Good Writing. Her stories and essays have appeared online and in print, and she was a Finalist in Glimmer Train's Family Matters Competition.
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Short Story Techniques for Novel Writing
If you want to be a great writer, you have to learn to write well. On that advice, beginning writers often spend more of their time studying the craft of writing instead of creating the stories. Or, at least I … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Novel, writing
Tagged A Short Story Writer's Companion, Andre Dubus, fiction, Larry Brooks, Lydia Sharp, Novel, organic writing, Rewrites, Tom Bailey, vertical writing, writing
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The Mother, The Writer: History repeats itself.
When I was pregnant with my first child, experienced parents approached me and my rounded belly and always smiled an empathetic smile. One by one, they hinted at what I was in for once that baby arrived: no sleep, life … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Novel, writing
Tagged Amy Tan, character development, fiction, Larry Brooks, Novel, Ray Bradbury, Rewrites, writing
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Plot Holes and Character Development
Last Tuesday, my WIP was put to the readers’ test. Now that the dust has cleared, and the flurry of emotion settled, I see that some of the feedback I received points to key structural problems in my story: plot … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Novel, writing
Tagged fiction, Jason Black, Larry Brooks, Novel, Rewrites, Storyfix.com, writing
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