Someone is Publishing My Idea!?
ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Memoir Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Memoir Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole

Someone is Publishing My Idea!?

We've all heard people who claim that somebody took their idea and is now publishing it, or that somewhere somehow, another writer has come up with basically the same idea, sold it, and now, what does that mean for your idea?

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From Fiction to Creative Nonfiction
Craft, Writing, Market, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline Guest User Craft, Writing, Market, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline Guest User

From Fiction to Creative Nonfiction

Everyone has a story to tell. But what if you’ve only ever written fiction? Maybe it’s time to try something new. Writing your life stories is a great way to expand your writer’s craft toolbox and will add creative nonfiction to your writing portfolio.

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Permission To Write
ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole

Permission To Write

Writing invariably is a passion for a lot of people that I work with. And they just, for whatever reason, have not been able to sort of devote themselves to it until now. And that's usually when they come to me and I plug into their process.

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Creative Nonfiction
Craft, Market, Writing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline, Nonfiction Editing Michal Leah Craft, Market, Writing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline, Nonfiction Editing Michal Leah

Creative Nonfiction

Nonfiction gets a bad rap for being dry and dull, but it doesn’t have to be. Many of the same liberties can be taken in creative nonfiction as in fiction. If you have something important to share with the world from your own life, this may be your category. Some literary flair can amp up your story and make it more approachable to your readers.

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Presenting the Premise
Craft, Marketing, Writing, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman Craft, Marketing, Writing, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman

Presenting the Premise

A series of things happening doesn’t make a story. Without a clear premise, readers have no idea what to expect from the story or why they should keep reading. Here's how to establish your premise from the start.

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The Body and Soul of Story
Craft, Novel Idea, Novel Outline, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman Craft, Novel Idea, Novel Outline, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman

The Body and Soul of Story

Stories are like people. They have a body, and a soul. The body is the plot, the actions that happen. And the soul is the character, the protagonist, the key person (or persons) bound by the circumstances of the plot and forced into decisions.

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