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Writers Horoscope September 5: Get a leg up on your competition.

 

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  1. Ask editors lots of questions.
  2. Read–with a reader’s eye and an editor’s eye–what the competition is writing.
  3. Hunker down with some ‘Best of…’ article collections.
  4. Make bulletin board material out of the ‘best of the best’.

And, don’t forget the one writer you should always be competing with: the previous version of you.

 

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Writers Horoscope September 4: Today, your persistence is mightily challenged.

 

falling off bicycle stretch yourself

You face-planted on your last foray into a new genre. Critics cared enough to send their very best…jeers, barbs, and insults. [Remember, writers, everything comes in threes.]

Trust that you will find your voice. Characters will come alive. Plots will write themselves. [Again with the threes?]

It’s time to hop back on and start pedaling. [After some reassembly.]

 

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