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Monthly Archives: July 2005

Why You Get Form Rejection Letters

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 28, 2005 by Jenna GlatzerSeptember 26, 2011

At every conference I teach, participants commiserate about rejection notices– not only about getting them but about the insulting nature of their standardized messages. Occasionally, someone has a story of a personalized rejection or of actually having received suggestions from an editor on the rejection slip. Usually, though, the talk ends the same way–wall paper … Continue reading →

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Near the Light

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 20, 2005 by Sheila BenderSeptember 26, 2011

We benefit from writing about how something important to us became a passion. Reliving the decisions leading up to reshaping our lives around our passions and reflecting on how our efforts changed us, we learn more about our journeys.  When we read accounts of others following their dreams, we experience the exhilaration of overcoming obstacles … Continue reading →

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Describing How We Behave When Life Deals a Blow

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 14, 2005 by Steven WinnOctober 26, 2011

Steven Winn, columnist and critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and past contributor to Writing It Real, tells a good story about a series of articles he wrote that were extremely popular. He was eating lunch with one of his newspaper’s editors and telling her about Como, the one-year-old rescue dog his family had adopted, … Continue reading →

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For YOUR Eyes Only

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 7, 2005 by Joanne RocklinSeptember 26, 2011

Joanne Rocklin’s young adult novel, For YOUR Eyes Only is in the form of a young teen’s notebook. You can read an excerpt at Amazon.com to see how effectively the writing strategy evokes the main character and the world in which she is immersed. Writing for the Children’s Book Insider, Joanne Rocklin provided tips for … Continue reading →

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