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Mother’s Day is a May Day

by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop I believe Mother’s Day is a maudlin time, and phony. A celebration of money-spending sponsored by greedy business people. If we don’t offer our women estee… more →

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Happy Mother's Day! — 1 comment

Catherine Hedge wrote 1 week ago: This morning, the cardinal outside my window flashed his vermillion and sang, “Today will be a … more →

Tags: Family, Nostalgia, slice of life., Celebrating Women, MOTHERS DAY, Raji Singh, value of women, Women

Mother's Day is a May Day

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 1 week ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop I believe Mother’s Day is a maudlin time, and phony. A celebr … more →

Tags: writing, Humor, Family, slice of life., Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, best American novelists, Celia Bishop, writing humor

Learning to Write Sex Scenes

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 2 weeks ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop Be careful how many sex scenes you use in the novel, and the type o … more →

Tags: writing, Writing techniques, Humor, writer's hint, writing a novel, Inspiration, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, best American novelists

Getting Serious! — 3 comments

Catherine Hedge wrote 3 weeks ago: By Catherine Hedge When I was a kid, I used to daydream about being a storyteller.   It’s in m … more →

Tags: Family, Nostalgia, Writing #2, Writing Process--Writing, Bill Borel, Catherine Hedge, Charlene Newcomb, Dare to Be a Great Writer, Donna Gillespie

Learning to Write Dialogue

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 3 weeks ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop One of the most important devices a writer uses is dialogue. Writin … more →

Tags: writing, Writing techniques, Humor, writer's hint, writing a novel, Inspiration, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, american writers

Is Data Fact?

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 3 weeks ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop People ask writers, “Where’d you get all the informatio … more →

Tags: writing, Humor, writing a novel, History, Inspiration, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, Writing Inspiration, inventiveness

Open Fast and Stay Critical

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 1 month ago:  by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop If the writer doesn’t write for his own Time, she is not ahe … more →

Tags: writing, Publishing, Writing techniques, writer's hint, writing a novel, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, best American novelists, american writers

They Are Leaping Toward A Dream

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 1 month ago: by Leonard Bishop, Author of Dare To Be A Great Writer Leonard Bishop As I drive to Manhattan to tea … more →

Tags: writing, Writing techniques, Humor, Teaching, Publishing, Writing Group, Inspiration, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist

Deadlines....

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 1 month ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop All unpublished writers, at some time, commit themselves to a fooli … more →

Tags: Publishing, writer's hint, writing, writing a novel, Writing techniques, American novelist, american writers, Dare to Be a Great Writer, meeting a deadline

Forming Characters

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 1 month ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop Fiction writers are alchemists. They draw together scraps of illusi … more →

Tags: writing, Teaching, Writing techniques, writer's hint, writing a novel, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, Writing Inspiration, Characterization

Step Right Up; Get Your Ticket!

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 2 months ago:   by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop My career and life are ruined and I am in a desperate search … more →

Tags: writing, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, Writing Inspiration, taking risks in writing, Plot, surviving as a writer, writing humor, short story writing

The Trauma of Trilogies

donnagillespie wrote 2 months ago: By Donna Gillespie When I first made the jump from short stories to a novel, I used to say that if t … more →

Tags: Writing Process--Writing, Writing Advice, writing historical novels, Writing Inspiration, writing process, Writing Tips, writing trilogies

Small Town Living Lacks Anonymity

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 2 months ago: by Leonard Bishop                     Leonard Bishop Everything has been written about before– … more →

Tags: Humor, Family, slice of life., writing humor, Small Town Living, living as a writer, Herington humor, living in a small town, the artist in a small town

"Writing" is a Partial Solution

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 2 months ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop I’m going to view what I write now, through a long-standing m … more →

Tags: writing, Teaching, Publishing, slice of life., Writing techniques, writer's hint, writing a novel, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist

Writers Are "Just People" Too — 2 comments

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 2 months ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop I am often asked, ” What are the really famous writers really … more →

Tags: writing, Humor, Publishing, slice of life., american writers, Mario Puzo, frank yerby, William Faulkner, Earnest Hemingway

Even The Greats Wrote Some Trash: by Leonard Bishop

Catherine Hedge wrote 3 months ago: Leonard Bishop, Author and Mentor When I was young, I believed that if you had real writing talent, … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Publishing, Nostalgia, Writing Process--Writing, Writing Inspiration, Dare to Be a Great Writer, Writing techniques, good writing critiques, Getting Published

Even The Greats Wrote Some Trash — 2 comments

Multiple Viewpoints wrote 3 months ago: by Leonard Bishop Leonard Bishop This is a true story–written to enlighten the general reading … more →

Tags: writing, Publishing, History, Dare to Be a Great Writer, American novelist, best American novelists, writing teacher, Writing Inspiration, surviving as a writer

Crossing Deep River: Finishing a Novel — 11 comments

Catherine Hedge wrote 3 months ago: By Catherine Hedge One of the most wonderful things about starting a novel is that eventually you ge … more →

Tags: Historical Fiction, Humor/ Slice of life, Writing #2, Writing Process--Writing, Biography Leonard Bishop, Dare to Be a Great Writer, Donna Gillespie, finishing a novel, invention in writing

Because I Have Something to Say!

Catherine Hedge wrote 4 months ago: Because I Have Something to Say!. … more →

Tags: mentoring teachers, slice of life., Teaching, writing, Child Raising, Heartbreak, Losers, middle school students, Self Esteem


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