Writing
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“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth I know how terribly obvious this sounds, so just consider this a preface: It’s so easy to get disheartened when you see people achieving more than you. I’ve wanted to write novels since I was a tyke, but I only really started writing…
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Apparently the key to good, imaginative writing is to relax and have fun. That’s one of many conclusions drawn by YA novelist Carol Plum-Ucci in an essay she wrote for a Smart Pop Books anthology about Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle series. The essay’s called “Q: How Does a Fifteen-Year-Old Do This?” (which you can purchase for…
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Trying to be a writer is hard. Actually, scratch that. Trying to be a paid writer is hard. Maybe it has something to do with how hard it is to be a good writer. I guess these things are all dependent on each other. In the real world, in which I refuse to live, I…
Zalina Alvi 