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Rough Draft Done! Now What?
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Katie McDougall
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Orienteering Above, Below, and Within: Story Spaces and Telescopic Sight
Nancy Reisman
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Music Into Written Word
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Stewart Lewis
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The Peculiar Magic of Writing Longhand
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Cara Lynn Albert
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Sam Heyman
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Let the Gays Fall in Love: A Love Letter for Valentines
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Katie McDougall
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Nina Adel
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Writing Personal Essays that Resonate
Christie Grotheim
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Mathangi Subramanian
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Writing the Haiku: Finding Connection and Growth in a Timeless Form
Shan Overton
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What a Pity: Sympathy and Point of View in Chekhov, Berlin, and Kincaid
Andrew Steiner
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Latonya Moore
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Beyond the Plot: Deepening Fiction through Character and Scene
Whitney Bryant
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Mar 24
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Heather Hasselle
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Lauren Nossett
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Non-Fiction and Memoir Writing: Using Journalism Skills to Tell a Story
Malaka Gharib
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So You Want to Be a Travel Writer
Margaret Littman
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Chosen: Applying the Hero's Journey in Film to Fiction and Poetry
Silk Jazmyne
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Main Character Magic
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Writing the Natural Setting
Dr. Ernie Reynolds
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Spoken Word for Social Change
Christopher D. Sims
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Molly McGhee
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Poetics of Spring
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Building a Roadmap for Your Business Book
Frank Ewert
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Accordion Books as Writer's Playground
Susannah Felts
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How to Write and Draw a Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib
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Daniel Myers
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