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Short Story Success | Wordquill article

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I’m on Wordquill again! This time, with an article dedicated to the process of short story writing. Even though I’ve written several short stories, I still have a lot to learn in the area. Here, I’m just mentioning the starting basics. I hope they’re helpful to you!
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Short stories, like all aspects of the written word, have taken their rise and fall in the course of time. Today, we not only have the timeless short stories of the past, but we also see writers daily adding to the plethora of short stories on the market. The short story is not a dying art, but it just may be suffering the abuse of many thoughtless writers.  
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Article at a Glimpse…
What is a short story?
Is Your Idea Short-Story Worthy?
What to Cut
And What Not to Cut
Start Your Story
Fill Your Story
End Your Story
Benefits of Writing Short Stories
Downfalls of Writing Short Stories
Write Your Short Story!

Becoming a Writing Student Again | Wordquill article

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Posting over at Wordquill today!
Writing is one of my passions. Another passion is teaching. Primarily, I teach piano and violin lessons. Throughout the years, I have had students that were difficult to teach. It was not because they didn’t have talent or ability—many of these students had a great potential they could have reached. But they would struggle in the same area for months—not because I didn’t give them solutions or didn’t work with them through problems, but because they never applied the solutions to themselves. They enjoyed where they were as a musician and didn’t really aspire to be much more than where they were.
So why am I mentioning this to a group of writers? Because recently, I have found myself exhibit the tendencies that I’ve seen in my students: an unteachable spirit. This one thing is powerful enough to keep us back from reaching our full potential, no matter what subject we are trying to learn.


Lately, I have been pondering a few questions in my writing life.

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An Agglomeration of Writing Tools | Wordquill

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Today on Wordquill, I’m exploring some of my favorite writing tools!
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While it’s true that “all you need to write is pen and paper,” there are many other tools available to the modern writer which helps make our job easier and more fluent. If you look at my writing tools today vs. even a year ago, you’ll see that they have changed. So instead of giving you a run-down of “what I use today,” I’ll just be mentioning some writing tools that have helped me throughout the years. After you read through mine, I’d love to hear what you’ve found helpful in the writing tool world!

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Haven’t I Learned Enough? | Writing

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Another article is up on Wordquill (I mean, another article by me… there are regularly other authors posting on there–so I do recommend you just follow Wordquill for yourself).
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When I was teen writer, I was on top of things. I had quite strong opinions on what was right, what was wrong, what was accurate, and what was completely laughable. I knew how to write.
Then I grew up.
One of the most important steps of this “growing up” was realizing that nope, I don’t know all there is about writing. The next step in “growing up” was to do something about lack of knowledge. The result of that? 
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The Starving Christian Writer | over at Wordquill

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Ah, don’t you love stereotypes? I don’t know about you, but I have found that, more often than not, when I tell someone new that I’m a writer, their first reaction goes something like, “You must be famous! A best-seller!” Oh if they only knew…

But today I’m not actually thinking about the poverty of aspiring authors, the hopeless clicks on KDP to see if maybe—hopefully—we sold one copy today…or this week. My thoughts are going more toward the emphasis on “Starving Christian.” If you notice, we are called “Christian Author,” not “Author Christian.” Christian comes first—yet how often do we put the emphasis on author and neglect Christian?
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Pinned Up! | Writing Article on WordQuill

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I am honored to be a part of the new writers’ group, WordQuill (seriously, you need to go check it out; it’s going to be amazing!). Today, I posted my first article there–I’ll admit, it was super fun to write cause I got to share all about my Pinterest boards. 😉 Here’s a peek…

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I was not going to get Pinterest. So many people were addicted to it, and I’ll admit, I didn’t quite “get” it. But…when I was asked to photograph a few family pictures, I needed ideas. Pinterest was amazing! Fast-forward to today…I’m not hooked. I promise. I’m not. I can go a week without looking at Pinterest (okay, let’s be honest: I do have weak days where I just sit and browse…). But the best thing is that when I need it, I have a world of ideas at my fingertips.

It wasn’t until last year that I began seriously using Pinterest to help my writing. I was writing “Journey to Love” and needed a creek to describe. I consider my creative mind as one that didn’t come naturally but needed training and help. Sometimes, a lot of help…