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James' Professional BioBetter Writer BlogWriting SamplesServices & Fees
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Pesky Words
James BuchananMarch 20, 2015words, pesky words, sentences, writing lesson, editingComment
The Platform
PlatformJames BuchananMarch 20, 2015book proposal, platform, fiction, nonfiction, audienceComment
36 Dramatic Situations
James BuchananMarch 18, 2015Comment
Expository vs. Narrative and Dialogue
VoiceJames BuchananMarch 18, 2015Civilwarland, George Saunders, expository, narrative, narrator, storyComment
Parker Millsap
MusicJames BuchananMarch 17, 2015Parker Millsap, Heaven Sent, music, bluegrassComment
The Heart of Gong is Gone
MusicJames BuchananMarch 17, 2015Gong, Daevid Allen, musicComment
Don't Listen to Anne Lamott
StructureJames BuchananMarch 17, 2015Anne Lamott, structure, fiction, nonfiction, writing, outline, writing road mapComment
One True Sentence
Heart of WritingJames BuchananMarch 16, 2015Hemingway, write one true sentence, moveable feast, best writing advice, tattoo, core of all writing, nonfiction, fictionComment
One More Thing on Word Lists...
James BuchananMarch 14, 2015Comment
He Said, She Said
James BuchananMarch 14, 2015Comment
Description and Simile
DescriptionJames BuchananMarch 13, 2015description, simile, cliche, platitude, strategies, Bloom County, Opus, writing coachComment
Show, Don't Tell
James BuchananMarch 12, 2015Comment
Narrator vs Story
StructureJames BuchananMarch 10, 2015Hemingway, David Foster Wallace, narration, narratorComment
Short Stories: Cut the First Third
The LedeJames BuchananMarch 9, 2015Chris Offutt, short stories, narrative, story, storytelling, fiction, nonfictionComment
The BIG Promise
The LedeJames BuchananMarch 9, 2015big promise, writing advice, intros, introductions, compellingwriting, Joyce Carol OatsComment
Beat Passive Voice: Hemingway Ap
James BuchananMarch 9, 2015Comment
Telling vs Showing
DescriptionJames BuchananMarch 6, 2015show don't tell, descriptionComment
Scene, Setting, Character and Description
DescriptionJames BuchananMarch 6, 2015description, cliche, point of viewComment
Great vs Good Writing
StructureJames BuchananMarch 6, 2015truth, unknown, great writing, structureComment
Book Proposal: The Two Key Questions
Book ProposalJames BuchananMarch 6, 2015proposal, book, agent, editor, publisher, publishingComment
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