Excerpt Critique: Coffee In a Paper Cup

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Please welcome today’s anonymous aspiring author, ready for a peer critique. Take a moment to read the excerpt and leave some thoughtful feedback in the comment section below. If you are a writer whose excerpt has appeared anonymously on Write It Sideways, and now you’d like your name to appear on your piece, contact us. If

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Cynthia Morris: Why Books Can Take So Long

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Debra Eve.   Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail inspired Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 last year. But Cheryl took her famous hike in 1995. Wild was a bestseller fifteen years in the making. David Guterson wrote Snow Falling on Cedars over

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The Biggest Problem with Writing Advice

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Today’s article is written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman, founding editor of Write It Sideways. True story: Once, I wrote a blog post which gave some advice about limiting filter words in your fiction. The post went viral on a social media outlet, which from my perspective was a good thing—writers were obviously wanting to pass

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‘Story Is a State of Mind’ Review + Free Bonuses

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Today’s article is written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman, founding editor of Write It Sideways. Have you ever wondered what the difference is between your average published book and the ones that go on to receive accolades? The type of books that have gold stars and big-name blurbs on the cover? I think I know now.

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There Are Two Kinds of People…

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. There are two kinds of people in the world, and I have been all of them. Infantile and wise. Majestic and wretched. Crestfallen and elated. Gracious and a horse’s ass. I have been these people and many, many more. As a writer, this duplicity or plurality of being

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Excerpt Critique: “Legend of Dark Mountain”

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Please welcome today’s aspiring author Joy Keeney, ready for a peer critique. Take a moment to read the excerpt and leave some thoughtful feedback in the comment section below. If you are a writer whose excerpt has appeared anonymously on Write It Sideways, and now you’d like your name to appear on your piece, contact me.

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