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Critique Groups
Critique Group Etiquette
March 25, 2011
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Successful critique groups use proper etiquette. All of our Inspire Critique Groups use the following guidelines in our meeting: When you submit a manuscript for […]
Critique Groups
3 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Get a Tough Critique
June 4, 2012
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One of the greatest benefits of membership in Inspire Christian Writers is our local critique groups. In these groups our writers present the fruit of […]
Author Interview
Why Should Authors Invest in School Visits?
Authors are encouraged to know their target audience and connect with the readers who will be buying their books. These tasks become a little more […]
Craft of Writing
Fragmented Sentences
November 19, 2011
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Grammar teachers hate them. Writers use them to good advantage. What? Pieces of sentences that lack something—a subject or verb—to make them complete. Fragments help […]
Writing for Children
Writing with God: Big Ideas about God in Little Books
It’s Ridiculous. Sometimes, when I stop to think about writing for children, it seems ridiculous. How can anyone expect to take God’s huge truths and […]
Spiritual Life
Let the Walls Fall Down
June 25, 2012
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Move past self-protective fear to write with honesty, transparency and vulnerability. What makes you love great writing? Have you thought about what your favorite authors […]
Craft of Writing
Editing Your Novel for the “Big Picture”
September 7, 2017
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New writers often focus their first novel revisions on individual words or sentences. Some spend hours, hunting for the right word or trying to improve […]
Interviews
Sandra Byrd – An Inspirational Life of Writing and Wisdom
December 8, 2011
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Best-selling author, Sandra Byrd, received her first rejection letter at the age of thirteen. Since then, her work has been featured in various publications and […]
Symposium
The Benefit of Roundtables
July 26, 2020
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We’ve been working behind the scenes to bridge the gap left by the cancellation of in-person workshops and conferences. We know you want to talk to fellow writers […]
