Roy's Writing Tools #50: Own the Tools of Your Craft

Roy's Writing Tools #49: Accept Other Criticism

Roy's Writing Tool #48: Limit Self-Criticism for Early Drafts, Then Let It Loose

Roy's Writing Tool #47: Recruit Your Own Support Group

Roy's Writing Tool #46: To Do Your Best, Help Others Do Their Best

Roy's Writing Tool #45: Break Long Projects into Smaller Parts

Roy's Writing Tool #44: Save String

Roy's Writing Tool #43: Read for both form and content.

Roy's Writing Tool #42: Prepare for the Expected and the Unexpected

Roy's Writing Tool #41: Turn procrastination into rehearsal

Roy's Writing Tool #40: Draft a mission statement for your work

Roy's Writing Tool #39: Write toward an ending

Roy's Writing Tool #38: Use subtle symbols, not crashing cymbals

Roy's Writing Tool #37: Shape shorter works with wit and polish

Roy's Writing Tool #36: Mix Narrative Modes

Roy's Writing Tool #35: Report and write for scenes

Roy's Writing Tool #34: Turn your notebook into a "camera"

Roy's Writing Tool #15: Pay Attention to Names

Roy's Writing Tool #13: Play with words, even in serious stories

Roy's Writing Tool #33: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

The short well written lessons are very informative.

If you are a writer like me than you need this course

I listened to all fifty of these iTunes U podcasts in one sitting. It was that good! Each episode is concise and without fluff. Overall, I learned a great deal more about the craft of writing than I had known before. It also echoed many of the strategies I’ve learned about in the past but have forgotten. It’s always great to have a refresher. Thanks Roy!

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Roy's Writing Tools

Roy's Writing Tool #24: Work from a plan

Roy's Writing Tool #29: Plant Important Clues Early

Roy's Writing Tool #22: Climb Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction

Roy's Writing Tool #4: Be Passive Aggressive

Roy's Writing Tool #12: Give Key Words Their Space

Roy's Writing Tool #21: Know when to Back Off and When to Show Off

Roy's Writing Tool #5: Watch Those Adverbs

Roy's Writing Tool #20: Choose the Number of Elements with a Purpose in Mind

Roy's Writing Tool #32: Place Gold Coins Along the Path

Roy's Writing Tool #11: Prefer the Simple Over the Technical

Roy's Writing Tool #9: Punctuating with Power and Purpose

Roy's Writing Tool #6: Take It Easy on the "-ings"

Roy's Writing Tool #10: Cut Big, Then Small

Roy's Writing Tool #7: Fear Not the Long Sentence

Roy's Writing Tool #14: Get the Name of the Dog

Roy's Writing Tool #8: Establish a Pattern, Then Give It a Twist

Roy's Writing Tool #19: Vary the Lengths of Paragraphs

Roy's Writing Tool #18: Set the Pace with Sentence Length

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