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Short story week: Recommendations included
Last week we had a short story club - the selection was the magnificent C.L. Clark's short which has been nominated for awards recently....

Sylvia Woodham
May 21, 20213 min read
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On Timing: Revision Examples
Timing. Lining that up is a big plot point right? Where plot holes can occur. What techniques do you use to line it up? I will share some...

Sylvia Woodham
May 9, 20212 min read
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Today's MicroFiction
The chemistry was so fluid between him and her sister, why was it taking him so long to ask her out on a date? Was there something...

Sylvia Woodham
May 4, 20211 min read
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Bisexual Women Representation in Fiction: Pitch Season Edition
This week pitching season on Twitter began, and I was horrified. Let me back up. A few weeks ago we had a panel on LGBTQ representation,...

Sylvia Woodham
Apr 17, 20213 min read
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On Writing Yourself Into Corners: Battles
I have noticed that I have a tendency to make decisions with my writing that boxes me into corners in very unpredictable ways. On the one...

Sylvia Woodham
Mar 20, 20214 min read
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How it's Going: Revisions
How it started: picture of the Road Runner How it's going: Picture of a sloth. I finished my first draft in May roaring to start...

Sylvia Woodham
Mar 14, 20213 min read
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Purpose of the "Dreaded" Critique
Critiques should not be scary. I want to start by dispelling that myth. Putting your work out there and being told it is not good enough...

Sylvia Woodham
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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On Women Leadership
This is a topic I have posted a variety of ways on Twitter, but after working on my query letter I thought it would be a good idea to...

Sylvia Woodham
Nov 20, 20204 min read
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On Omniscient POV - modernising and bringing sexy back
This week, we had a workshop to discuss some of the use of omniscient narration by some of us in the writing group, and we looked at a...

Sylvia Woodham
Oct 17, 20205 min read
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Spooky October WIP edition
It's October! I expect a lot of spooky writing themes to be coming up. I am looking forward to creating a full section on this site for...

Sylvia Woodham
Oct 3, 20202 min read
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On POV
This, again, follows some things I have tweeted about. Writers everywhere debate about which POV to use. In my fraught discussions with...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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On my New Project
I thought it might be fun to write a post discussing the development progress of the new project I started last week. It is fitting in...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 16, 20204 min read
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Updated Reading and Writing Journey
Because I have a few books in progress, both on the reading and writing side, and that tends to make me feel overwhelmed and shut down...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 12, 20208 min read
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New Project - About Drugs
I started one of my slated projects this week and I think it's so crazy and unique that I will be talking excitedly about it, and I am...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 4, 20202 min read
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On George Martin
Since I started a new project, my new content in blog posts will probably decrease. However, one topic I realize I have not written about...

Sylvia Woodham
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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Chat with Charles Wachter
Recently a friend posted that he was releasing his first novel this week. I had no idea he was writing one, but immediately I was curious...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 29, 20203 min read
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Behaviour modifications with Publishing industry Changes
This is a follow-up to my previous post about the Publishing industry which should strive to represent the best in literature, and story...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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Main Character Arch, Disbelief
I was also thinking of writing a post to go into the layers of inspiration for my current #WIP, but I am trying to brainstorm about how...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 18, 20204 min read
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On Dating: Archetypes and Gender Roles
Last week I went on a date with a guy who has US/ Iran dual citizenship, but has not lived in the US since he was a child. My writer...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 16, 20208 min read
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On Dating: A Series
I have been thinking about a lot of overlapping issues, since I write about gender relations as a theme that comes up in a few of my...

Sylvia Woodham
Aug 11, 20204 min read
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