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By: Cristen Iris
June 8, 2019

Identify and Bridge the Communication Gap to Persuade

Being right is one thing. Being persuasive quite another. Often passionate people–myself inclu...
By: Cristen Iris
June 8, 2019

An Interesting Story Requires an Interesting Antagonist: Example from Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Underground Railroad, offers an excellent ...
By: Cristen Iris
June 7, 2019

Book and Writing Awards: The Why, Which, and When

Many authors don’t understand the value of book awards or are hesitant to enter them because t...
By: Cristen Iris
June 3, 2019

Three Ways Entrepreneurial Writers Can Boost Performance

As many of you know, I do not do sponsored posts nor do I use affiliate links or make money in any o...
By: Cristen Iris
May 17, 2019

Migraines Almost Killed My Business; Adopting a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Dramatically Improved Them Both

In June of 2016, my business was profitable enough to have allowed me to quit my day job and be 100%...
By: Cristen Iris
May 5, 2019

There’s No Such Thing as “Fictionalized Memoir”

If I offered you a glass of red wine and you accepted, you’d expect red wine. If it was red wine vin...
By: Cristen Iris
April 30, 2019

Genre First, not as an Afterthought

I just returned from a writing conference where I heard a commonly held but very wrong belief among ...
By: Cristen Iris
April 8, 2019

What Your Word Count Tells Me Before I Read Your Manuscript

With no knowledge other than your manuscript’s word count and whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, I ...
By: Cristen Iris
April 3, 2019

Screenwriting Techniques for Prose Writers (Guest Post by Script Doctor Lance Thompson)

Many disciplines of screenwriting can be applied to prose in all genres, from epic novels to short s...
By: Cristen Iris
March 27, 2019

A Freelance Editor’s Take on Gatekeepers, Literary Snobs, and Naysayers

You don’t have to look far for a blog post by an angry author or listen long at a writer’s event to ...
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