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What published author has been most influential to your love of writing?
What published author has been most influential to your love of writing?I have found that Dean Koontz and Terry Brooks have been very influential in both my writing style and my love of writing. After I read one of their books, I find myself more energized to get back to writing. What authors...
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Name a great poet, author or playwright who influenced you to write.
Name a great poet, author or playwright who influenced you to write.I'm assuming that most of us here are writers because we at one point in our growing up thought literature was an amazing thing. Who's your favorite poet or author or what is your favorite work?
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What is more challenging for you as a writer?
What is more challenging for you as a writer?Writing articles, creating fiction or creating non fiction stories?
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Good writing won't save a bad story. Bad writing won't necessarily kill a good
Good writing won't save a bad story. Bad writing won't necessarily kill a good story. Thoughts?I read something along these lines recently and I can't remember who wrote it. King? Hemingway? There's no excuse for poor writing, but I'm thinking about the value of a good...
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Sharing and Discussing Short Stories (no poems, novels or travelogues)
Let's support our own efforts by reading each other's short stories, then leaving a comment at the bottom of the hub (pro or con). I have three stories posted at jfrankdunkin.hubpages.com. They are, "The Baroness of Haut De Cagnes", "Recess, the Podium Light", and...
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Are you an author or a writer?
What's the difference? Which are you? Are words your passion or your business? Are you a creator or a teacher? Is the product of YOUR writing meant to inspire or inform? I'm so curious about this.