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Can writing be unhealthy? Under the wrong conditions, most things can, but what’s certain is that writing, even when performed with vigor, can still be unproductive. If you write purely for your own enjoyment, or you’re just building up your skills, that’s not a huge problem, but if your aim is to share your art with others, you need to know how to avoid the kind of writing that’ll keep you locked …
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With his Western novel The Sisters Brothers currently enjoying a big screen adaptation and his ‘tragedy of manners’ French Exit beloved by the literary establishment, Patrick deWitt is both a proven author and one to watch. Not only that, but deWitt’s story is particularly inspiring to budding writers – a bartender whose manuscript found its way into the right hands after he asked for a patron’s …
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By the end of the Coen Brothers’ The Hudsucker Proxy, things are looking bad for the protagonist. Corrupted by unearned power and driven to desperation by the antagonist, he jumps from the window of his office, tumbling towards the city streets. There’s nothing he can do to avert his fate, the movie hasn’t set up any way of saving him, and then... time stops. The hero blinks, unable to …
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Pulp writing isn’t quite a subgenre and it isn’t quite a medium. Yes, it once had stylistic and even aesthetic boundaries, but the sensibilities behind those boundaries have outlived them by decades, and pulp is now more an approach to storytelling than anything else. Happily, it’s an approach that has a lot to teach modern authors, and if you can adjust to the pulp way of thinking, you’ll have …
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There are lots of ways to market a book, but the problem with most of them is how alien they can feel to writers. It’s rare that artistically-minded people have an instinct for selling, and indie authors can quickly grow frustrated with the need to package and repackage a book while offering shrewd discounts at different times in the year. Of course, it’s beneficial to get comfortable …
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Many authors find it difficult to define the genre of their work. There’s nothing wrong with that as you’re writing – seeing your own art as so unique as to defy classification is perfectly healthy – but when it comes to marketing and publishing, you need to know what you’re selling. That’s why, in today’s article, we’ll be looking at why genre matters, how to apply it, and why going deeper …
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