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Preparing a short story for publication requires critical redrafting to ensure it meets the editor's requirements. Fiction submissions should be technically flawless.

You've been assigned your first research paper in comp class. Peer review is next week. What do you do? Where do you even begin?

Though there are many tools for revision, the Dialogue, Narration, Combination exercise is amongst the most useful for smoothing out pace and precision.

Writing fiction is just like any other process: it takes time, work, and lot of fine-tuning. Developing a solid editing process will help make good fiction great.

On November 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave what became perhaps the most recognized speech in the history of United States Politics-the Gettysburg Address.

Every writer gets criticized, fairly and sometimes unfairly. What you can learn about coping with criticism so that you are strengthened by it, not broken down.

That raging, fuming, temper tantrum can be a useful tool for igniting your writing, and it can help the children who read it to manage their anger too.

Victoria Howard, based in South Yorkshire talks about why she chose to write suspence thrillers and how she develops the suspense in her novels

Maybe your draft has precise details but could use vivid descriptions. Maybe your language is strong but lacks organization. Whatever the issue, revision can correct it.

You've got an idea for a story you'd like to write, but your first attempts make you want to give up. Follow these six steps to move past the first stage of despair.

After countless cups of coffee, bursts of inspiration, stubborn characters, and dead-end scenes, you've finished your short story! Or have you? Editing is vital.

With youth literacy on the rise, organizing a workshop for children to get together and share ideas about writing can be extremely helpful.

Nora Roberts (Also writes as J.D. Robb) is a publishing phenomenon, enjoy her thoughts on writing and her creative process

An interview with Vern Thiessen, playwright of Shakespeare's Will, Einstein's Gift, Vimy, and more.

Consistent continuity of details and balance of subplots in a novel manuscript are helped by a detail notebook and careful revision.

The Thirty Three and a Third series of books each give an in depth dissection of a classic album. Pernice's addition is an unsatisfactory work of fiction.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Writers Mark & Charlotte Phillips share the secrets of their approach to writing.

All students learn the draft writing process, but few follow it when they aren't required. Yet when applied correctly, writing in drafts can actually save time.

As many emerging writers discover, it is easier to start a novel or a poem than to finish one. Here are some tips on how to successfully complete a marketable manuscript.

Poems are not usually written in bursts of perfect inspiration. A poem often needs to undergo many drafts to refine its vision and hone its voice.

Publication requires some basic steps and tools that are easily forgotten. Achieve the writer's resolution of a publishing contract this year with focus & determination.

By following certain steps, students can produce papers and essays that are well organized, clear, and concise.

An interview with Dora-nominated playwright and actor Brendan Gall. Currently working on his next play, Gall discusses his process as a playwright.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Writer Carl Brookins shares the secrets of his approach to writing, from idea to execution.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Writer Maggie Bishop shares the secrets of her approach to writing, from idea to execution.

Writing a biography can be rewarding, fascinating, and lucrative - and it can all fall over quicker than the writer can say "I should have had a contract!"

This 16-minute silent film is "A Liberal Adaptation From Mrs. Shelley's Famous Story For Edison Production" - and 'Liberal' is the word that matters.

An interview with writer and performer Chris Craddock, who is fresh off of a run of his play, BASH'd, in New York City.

Suite101 interviews Nicole Moeller, an emerging playwright in Edmonton whose play, Without You, marked a milestone for the U of A.

Writing tips help aspiring writers take their ideas from early stages of prewriting to a final draft worthy of sharing.