Rachel Simon
Author of Riding The Bus With My Sister

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The Writer's Writing Guide

Table of Contents

Attitude

Beginnings, Middles, and Ends

Character

Common Traps

Compression

Dialogue

Exposition

Metaphor

Plot

Point of View

Revision

Scene

Showing and Telling

Structure

Theme

Transitions

Voice

Appendix:

Dialogue Punctuation Made Simple
Possessives versus Plurals versus Contractions
Run-ons and Comma Splices
General Principles for Workshops
The Ten Commandments of Giving Criticism
The Ten Commandments of Receiving Criticism
Exercises for Writing
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