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3 Ways Ursula K. Le Guin Can Help You Improve Your Writing - Ursula K. Le Guin waves, a dragon and small boat in her thought bubble.
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Rebecca Langley

3 Ways Ursula K. Le Guin Can Help You Improve Your Writing

When it comes to Ursula K. Le Guin, ‘inimitable’ is the first word that comes to mind. Multi-time winner of the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, and author of The Earthsea Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Word for World Is Forest, her novels are genre-busting spectacles and

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Everything You Need For A Great NaNoWriMo - A writer works frantically; their calendar shows an approaching deadline.
Writing
Robert Wood

Everything You Need For A Great NaNoWriMo

It’s that time yet again – the month of the year when budding novelists prepare to write a whole book, tracking their progress and creating an amazing community as they go. That’s right, November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo), and we have everything you need to make sure you meet your goals. Last

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10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading - A writer holds a book sideways, confused.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading

In high school, our teachers had us conduct a torturous procedure they called ‘critical’ or ‘active’ reading. We had to summarize the plot on each page, highlight literary devices, and make our own observational notes until the books were no longer recognizable. Back when we just thought of ourselves as ‘readers’, it could seem like

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5 Ways Ta-Nehisi Coates Can Help You Improve Your Writing - Ta-Nehisi Coates waves, the Black Panther leaping from his thought bubble.
Writing
Fred Johnson

5 Ways Ta-Nehisi Coates Can Help You Improve Your Writing

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ story is an odd one. Until 2008, he was a modestly successful journalist writing for papers including The Washington City Paper and Time. But soon after, his Atlantic column and wildly successful blog culminated in the publication of his first memoir, The Beautiful Struggle. After attempting to pick up where celebrated author, essayist,

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