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Identity: Playing to Your Writing Strengths

March 10, 2016
Daniel Schwabauer
Daniel's Writing Log, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Daniel Schwabauer Learning to write well means, in part, discovering where your talents really lie. It means uncovering your writing identity. What forgeable skills do you possess? Can you tell the difference between hardwood and iron ore?

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 2

September 10, 2015
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Guest posts, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, World building, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff Last week, we asked eight One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature another eight experienced OYANers and their responses. We hope their ideas for self-improvement will be useful to you!