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  • How to Get the Most Out of Critique Groups: A Guest Post by Virginia Watts

    How to Get the Most Out of Critique Groups: A Guest Post by Virginia Watts

    I have participated in quite a few of writing critique groups for many years now, and I can say that the feedback I have received from fellow writers has been critical to my success in publishing my work. It is true that if you remain with the same group over an extended period, there will…

  • A Brief Word About Rage

    A Brief Word About Rage

    Sometimes rage causes violence, sometimes violence causes rage. In my creative writing classes, I would have students read a short story, and ask them to look for the violence. “What is violence?” I would ask them. And of course they would say things like a fight, someone shooting a gun. And yes, those are correct…

  • Italics. What Do You Do With Them?

    Italics. What Do You Do With Them?

    Hi All~ Did you happen to see today’s Current Monday reel on italics? You can see it here: And you can help yourself to this easy-peasy guide to using italics correctly (It’s a free PDF for download): You can help your readers immensly by using grammar and formatting conventions that signal to them how to…